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Türkü

The vocal genre of folk music; mostly anonymous or composed by folk bards (ozan). Those with a fixed usul are called kırık hava, and those in free rhythm are called uzun hava.

Example pieces from the archive (4 in total)

Çırpınırdı Karadeniz · Üzeyir Hacıbəyov
A Benim Mor Çiçeğim · Tamburacı Osman Pehlivan
Fesleğen Ektim Gül Bitti · Tanbûrî Mustafa Çavuş
Beyoğlu'nda Gezersin · Pirinççi Rıza Bey

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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.

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.

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