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Miras-ı Saz

Usul

Nim Çenber

A small usul of 12 beats; its name means “half çenber”. İsmail Hakkı Özkan gives it in 12/4 in beat groups of 4+6+2. The TDV Encyclopedia of Islam counts it among the 12-beat usuls; the Miras-ı Saz archive has no piece in this usul.

Related: Nim Çenber metronomeÇenberKüçük usul (small usul)

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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, “Usul” maddesi; İ. H. Özkan (Muhammed Aydın, Türk Müziği Edvarları ve Nazariyat Kitaplarında Usûl Anlayışı (Marmara Üniv. yüksek lisans tezi, 2019), s. 124)