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Miras-ı Saz

Usul

Türk Darbı

An usul with several forms; Ekrem Karadeniz gives its first form in 14/4 with the strokes düm, teke, düm, tek, düm, düm, and its 18-beat form is Darb-ı Türki. The example in the archive is an ilahi by Ali Ufkî Bey written in 14/4.

Related: Türk Darbı metronomeBüyük usul (large usul)

Example pieces in this usul (1 in total)

The Türk Darbı 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: M. Ekrem Karadeniz, Türk Mûsikîsinin Nazariye ve Esasları (aktaran: Muhammed Aydın, Türk Müziği Edvarları ve Nazariyat Kitaplarında Usûl Anlayışı, Marmara Üniv. yüksek lisans tezi, 2019); TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, “Darb-ı Türkî” maddesi