Forms of Turkish makam music

Taqsim ( / ALA-LC: taqsīm, , , ) is a melodic musical improvisation that usually precedes the performance of a traditional Arabic, Kurdish, Greek, Middle Eastern, Iranian, Azerbaijani or Turkish musical composition.

Peşrev or Peshrev (Turkish, "prelude"; pronounced ) is an instrumental form in Ottoman music. It is the name of the first piece of music played during a group performance called a fasıl (). It also serves as the penultimate piece of the Mevlevi ayini, a ritual music of the Mevlevi Order, under the name son peşrev (final peşrev), preceding son semai. It usually uses long rhythm cycles, stretching over many measures as opposed to the simpler usul the other major form of instrumental music uses, saz semai.