Bektaşi Raksı
Usul · 16/8 · Large 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.
16/8: one cycle is 16 units; the width of each box is the length of the stroke.
Large usul 16 beats
A sixteen-beat usul (16/8) used in Bektashi nefeses; Ekrem Karadeniz gives it with the strokes düm, düm, tek, düm, tek, düm, tek. The example in the archive is the nefes “Önüme bir cebel düştü”, whose usul was given this name by the Tasnif Heyeti (Classification Committee).