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Nakış

A name placed before certain vocal-work types (such as nakış beste and nakış yürük semai); in these works the lyric, terennüm and usul arrangement are more ornate and varied than usual.

Related: BesteYürük semaiTerennümNakış works in the sheet music archive

Example pieces from the archive (14 in total)

Nakış works in the sheet music archive

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The definitions were written in our own words, drawing on sources such as the TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, Yılmaz Öztuna's Encyclopedic Dictionary of Turkish Music and Wikipedia; pitch and interval values follow the Arel-Ezgi-Uzdilek system. This content has not yet been reviewed by an expert; if you spot a mistake, please write to us.

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