“A CORPUS STUDY ON RHYTHMIC MODES IN TURKISH MAKAM MUSIC AND THEIR INTERACTION WITH METER”

he rhythmic framework for composition in Turkish makam music is based
upon a set of patterns of left and right hand strokes, referred to as
usul. A stroke pattern of an usul is assigned a length by counting the
number of beats within the slowest regular sequence that coincides with
each stroke of the usul. Educational practice in Turkish makam music
emphasizes the importance of internalization of the usually
non-isochronous stroke patterns of an usul for the understanding of a
piece.