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Usul

Şarkı Devr-i Revanı

A thirteen-beat usul composed for the şarkı form; it consists of a semai, two sofyans and a nim sofyan, and its first seven beats have the structure of Devr-i Hindi. It is mostly written in 13/4; over time it fell out of use.

Related: Şarkı Devr-i Revanı metronomeDevr-i RevanŞarkı

Example pieces in this usul (5 in total)

The Şarkı Devr-i Revanı usul page: pattern, metronome and all its pieces

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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.

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Source: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, “Şarkı Devr-i Revânı” maddesi