Bektaşi Raksanı
Usul · 15/8 · Small usul · 1 works
Usuls without works in the archive
No works in these usuls are in the score archive yet; you can hear their düm-tek patterns in the usul metronome.
Düm-tek pattern
In notation
Single-line notation: right-hand strokes (düm, te) above the line, left-hand strokes (tek, ke) below; durations shown as note values.
15/8: one cycle is 15 units; the width of each box is the length of the stroke.
Small usul 15 beats
A fifteen-beat usul (15/8) peculiar to Bektashi nefeses; its strong strokes fall on beats 1, 6 and 11, whereas in the classical Raksan they fall on beats 1, 4 and 9. It also appears in the âşık music of Anatolia and Rumelia.