Fer‘
Usul · 16/4 · 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
Düm 2TekKeDüm 2Tek 2DümTekDümDümTek 2TekKe
In notation
Single-line notation: right-hand strokes (düm, te) above the line, left-hand strokes (tek, ke) below; durations shown as note values.
16/4: one cycle is 16 units; the width of each box is the length of the stroke.
Strokes
Mertebe (meter)
Large usul 16 beats
A large sixteen-beat usul, also known as Fer‘-i Muhammes. In one of the darbeyn usuls it is used in succession with Muhammes; the piece by Abdülhalim Ağa in the archive is also measured in this Fer‘ + Muhammes sequence.
Other usuls with 16 beats
Form
Makam
Composers
Works (1)
Other usuls
Aksak 156Aksak Semai 104Düyek 89Ağır aksak 81Sofyan 51Yürük semai 51Semai 44Sengin Semai 44Curcuna 41Yürük semai II 36Devr-i Kebir 32Devr-i hindi 30Devr-i Revan-ı Hindi 25Müsemmen 25Kapalı Curcuna 24Türk aksağı 22Muhammes 21Hafif 18Ağır düyek 15Nim sofyan 15Ağır Evfer 13Ağır Aksak Semai 10Çenber 9Evfer 9Zencir 8Ağır Çenber 7Çifte Sofyan 7Fahte 7Aydın 6Çifte Düyek 6Darb 5Darb-ı Fetih 5Evsat 5Şarkı Devr-i Revanı 5Berefşan 3Devr-i Revan 3Durak Evferi 3Ağır Sengin Semai 2Aksak Semai Evferi 2Havi 2Lenk Fahte 2Mevlevî Evferi 2Nim Evsat 2Oynak 2Raks Aksağı 2Remel 2Sakil 2Âyin Devr-i Revanı 1Bektaşi Devr-i Revanı 1Bektaşi Raksanı 1Bektaşi Raksı 1Darbeyn 1Devr-i hindi II 1Devr-i Turan 1Devr-i Turan II 1Dolap 1Fer‘-i Muhammes 1Firengi Fer‘ 1Frenkçin 1İkiz Aksak 1Iraksak 1Katikofti 1Mürekkep Sofyan 1Nim Berefşan 1Nim Devir 1Nim Hafif 1Nim Sakil 1Serbest 1Türk Darbı 1Türkmen 1