''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'' in Turkish) is often confused with the completely different ''
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
Sufi music refers to the devotional music of the Sufis, inspired by the works of Sufi poets like Rumi, Hafiz, Bulleh Shah, Amir Khusrow, and Khwaja Ghulam Farid.
Qawwali is the best-known form of Sufi music and is most commonly found in the ...
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Sample songs
See also
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Saz semai
The ''saz semai'' (also spelled in Turkish as ''saz sema'i'', ''saz sema-i'', ''saz sema i'', ''saz semaī'', ''saz semâ'î'', ''sazsemai'', ''saz semaisi'', or ''sazsemaisi'' and in the Arab world as ''samâi'') is an instrumental form in Ot ...
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Yürük semai
Yurukikos or Yurukiko () is a Greek instrumental dance from Agiasos, Lesbos, Greece, with a nine beat rhythm. The dance has many similarities with antikristos dance. The tune take its name from the Yörüks, the Turkish nomadic tribe.
The dance c ...
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Waltz
The waltz ( ), meaning "to roll or revolve") is a ballroom and folk dance, normally in triple ( time), performed primarily in closed position.
History
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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 links
many pieces of Ottoman sheet music
Turkish music
Musical forms
Classical and art music traditions
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