Ottoman Music

The form of music today generally known as Turk Sanat Muzigi, or Ottoman Classical Music, matured, developed in form and aesthetics and came to assume the identity of a form of classical music in parallel to the establishment..

Fasil

Ottoman music was formed and given voice in the Fasil, itself based on unity of mode. Works composed within the same melodic structure (makam) , or mode, set out and played in a particular order. In a genuine fasil, there will be works for voice and for saz.

Form of instrumental pieces employed in Ottoman music

Pesrev, Saz Semaisi, Taksim. Pesrev: Generally composed in major rhythmic patterns, such as "Darb-i Fetih", "Sakil", "Muhammes" and "Devr-i Kebir", or sometimes in minor ones, such as "Duyek".

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