Nim Hafif
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
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.
Large usul 16 beats
A sixteen-beat usul that is half of the Hafif usul; it consists of four sofyans and forms the last sixteen beats of the Darb-ı Fetih and Havi usuls. In the 16/4 mertebe it is used in kâr, peşrev, beste and some ilahis.