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Samai Island
''Sama'i'' (also known as ''usul semai'') is a vocal piece of Ottoman Turkish music composed in 6/8 meter. This form and meter (''Usul (music), usul'' in Turkish) is often confused with the completely different ''Saz semai, Saz Semaisi'', an instrumental form consisting of three to four sections, in 10/8 meter, or ''usul aksak semai'' (broken ''semai'' in Turkish). ''Semai'' is one of the most important forms in Ottoman Turkish Sufi music. Sample songs See also *''Saz semai'' *''Yürük semai'' *Waltz *Dede Efendi References * ''The Music of the Ottoman Court'' - Walter Feldman * ''Sufism, Music and Society'' - Swedish Research Institute * ''Makam'' - Karl Signell * ''Meaning in Turkish Musical Culture'' - Eugenia Popescu-Judetz External linksmany pieces of Ottoman sheet music Turkish music Musical forms Classical and art music traditions {{music-genre-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usul (music)
{{refimprove, date=January 2011 In Ottoman classical music, ''usul'' is an underlying rhythmic cycle that complements the melodic rhythm and sometimes helps shape the overall structure of a composition. An usul can be as short as two beats or as long as 128 beats. Usul is often translated as "meter", but usul and meter are not exactly the same. Both are repeating rhythmic patterns with more or less complex inner structures of beats of differing duration and weight. But a student learning Turkish music in the traditional ''meşk'' system first memorizes the usul kinetically by striking the knees with the hands. The student then sings the vocal or instrumental composition while performing the underlying usul. This pedagogical system helps the student memorize the composition while internalizing the underlying rhythmic structure. Usul patterns have standard pronounceable vocables built from combinations of the syllables ''düm'', ''dü-üm'', ''tek'', ''tekkyaa'', ''teke'', ''te-ek'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |