Form

Nefes

A Sufi work, mostly in syllabic metre, sung in the cem and other ceremonies of the Alevis and Bektashis; it is the counterpart of the ilahi in Sunni tekkes. It is composed in small usuls, and its melodies are close to folk music.

Example pieces from the archive (5 in total)

Şah-Merdânın Âvâzı · Anonim
Önüme Bir Cebel Düştü · Pîr Sultan Abdal
İbtidâdan Yol Sorarsan · Anonim
Al Dökeyim Gevheri · Anonim
Ben Melâmet Hırkasını · Anonim

Nefes works in the sheet music archive

Sources

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.

TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi

Yılmaz Öztuna, Türk Musikisi: Akademik Klasik Türk San'at Musikisi'nin Ansiklopedik Sözlüğü, Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, Ankara, 1990.

H. Sadettin Arel, Türk Mûsikîsi Nazariyatı Dersleri (haz. Onur Akdoğu), Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, Ankara, 1991.

Vikipedi, “Türk müziği” maddesi.

Example pieces from the archive (5 in total)

Other terms in Form

Sources