''Sama'i'' (also known as ''usul semai'') is a vocal piece of Ottoman Turkish music composed in 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 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 ...
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Sample songs
See also
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Saz semai
The ''saz semai'' (also spelled in Turkish language, 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 instrum ...
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Yürük semai
A ''yürük semai'' (also spelled ''yürük sema'i'', ''yürük sema i'', or ''yürük semâ'î'') is a musical form in Ottoman classical music. It was a movement of a ''fasıl'' (suite). It is generally composed in an '' usul'' (rhythmic structure ...
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Waltz
The waltz ( , meaning "to roll or revolve") is a ballroom dance, ballroom and folk dance, in triple (3/4 time, time), performed primarily in closed position. Along with the ländler and allemande, the waltz was sometimes referred to by the ...
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Dede Efendi
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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
Music of Turkey
Musical forms
Classical and art music traditions
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