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Usul

Nim Berefşan

A large sixteen-beat usul that is half of the Berefşan usul; it consists of a semai, a Türk aksağı and two sofyans. It was used in peşrev, beste and ilahi; of its examples only Şerif's bayati peşrev has survived to the present day.

Related: Nîm Berefşan (16/8) metronomeBerefşanPeşrev

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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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Source: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, “Nîm-berefşan” maddesi