Sama'i
Sign in to save'''''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).
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'''''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.