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Sama'i

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

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
  • many pieces of Ottoman sheet music
  • many of the most common usul
Region
Turkey