Usul : Rhythm in Turkish, Balkanic and Neighbouring Traditions - Epic Talking

Person says words about rythm in a series of consecutive images.mp4 Today we’re looking at rythm and how they’re conceptualised, felt and put into practice from a theoretical basis in the traditions of Anatolia, the Balkans, and the neighbouring eastern regions. 00:00 Intro 02:35 Complex usuls 04:32 Aksak 15:26 Usul as a foundational base 18:40 Classic regional patterns 26:14 Lack of rythm

It's crazy to learn that Farya's chest is actually made out of drums. Really took me by surprise.

I love Farya's genuine naïveté in declaring with conviction that cats do not understand music.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was the composer who introduced the name “Turk” to music during the classical period from which Turquerie emerged. He was impressed when he listened to Turkish Mehter troops arriving in Vienna with Ottoman envoys. So, he wrote many piano sonatas, concertos and operas in “Alla Turca” styles. Mozart, whose art encompassed magical tales of the East, added more percussion instruments to his works under the Mehter's influence and created a "Turkish music" according to his own understanding. In this way, he took listeners out of the air of classical Western music and dragged them into an exotic atmosphere. “Rondo-Alla Turca,” the last part of the Piano Sonata No. 11 (K. 331), which he wrote in Paris in 1778, and “Die Entführung aus dem Serail” (“The Abduction from the Seraglio”), which he wrote in 1782, are among his most famous works in this style. In addition, Turkish musical motifs are seen in his many other operas. Johann Wolfgang Franck (1644-1710), Carlo Francesco Pollarolo (1653-1723), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787), Johann Michael Haydn (1737-1806), Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Niccolo Piccini (1728-1800), Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (1786-1826), Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) and Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) are among the most famous composers who produced works in the Alla Turca style. In these compositions one can remark on the static harmonies, commutes between major and minor, rattling timbrel and thundering bass chords trying to reflect the Mehter's percussive elements.

Now I finally understand the meaning behind Hadise's Eurovision song, "Dum tek tek."

Holy shît you explained so much of the "scholar" Iranian music and a whole other dimension of musicality, I didn't understand and seemed alien to me. Now that I seem to understand the basic usul it feels majestic and liberating. Once again thank you Farya for your ingenuity. You never cease to amaze 🙏 Ps1: I absolutely love the 7 beat Bulgarian usul. Feels regal Ps2: you absolutely had me on Iranian 3/6 rofl

Your amazing music knowledge, just made me proud of my ancestors and history . Thanks ! I am an Alevi bektashi from Turkey who came to Anatolia from Khorasan Iran about 5-6 hundreds years ago .

Re 04:13 There's a a tune composed by Sultan Abdulaziz in maqam Hijjâz called sirto, that spread to the whole Eastern Mediterranean basin, with each larger or smaller Greek island having its own variation. The piece is called in the Greek speaking world either Σουλτανής-Soultanis (after Sultan), or Αζιζιές-Azizies/Ατζιδιές-Adzidies (after Abdulaziz): The original piece: /watch?v=_pk8ezQA7tE The Cypriot variant: /watch?v=lrsLUjpcPoQ Τhe variant from the island of Lesbos: /watch?v=DabO1-saDoY The most famous being the variant from the island of Naxos: /watch?v=_pKtIyNMvps (the famous blind virtuoso Stathis Koukoularis plays the violin). Once more amazing content mr. Faraji 👍

Thank you Farya for breaking down the complexity of rythm in music from Anatolia and the Balkans. From now on I´ll just show this video as soon someone asks about music from these regions. I am a Bosnian who plays the turkish ney and most of the compositions I play are either Ottoman compositions or Mevlevi ones during semazen. I´ve also met Alevis and heard their kind of music in their cemevis. They tend to focus alot on the saz. One of their most popular ones are "Bugun bize pir geldi". I would recommend that you also look into Anatolian Zeybegi music.

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25:32 Haha, you just made my day mentioning me and my mom! Love <3 But now I'm afraid to tell her, because I have to explain the difference of Karadeniz & Byzantine music, all over again!

Fascinating. Finally something in English 😂 ...Though i love all the music on this channel. Your cat understands more than i do I'm sure 😍😁 On a serious note, because of your channel i started to read a lot of history surrounding your videos. Thank you for your time and energy you put in this channel.

You have just explained to me why I like music from India, Balkans and Reggaeton. Thank you.

Arythmic improvised vocalisations on top of Usul has such a soulful quality to it. Perfectly put "the notes discover eachother". Another banger, Farya 🫡

and again.A beautiful and rich video of this big music cultures.Now I can recognise the rhythms better

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First: I absolutely must see a lecture by a great specialist in Ottoman classical music, Jon Snow :) Second: I am in love with all of your music history videos. Thank you very much for your wonderful videos and brilliant music! ^_^

Actually a very good idea to use your own music. This is a great talk.

There is even a documentary about that song ("Whose is this song?") where they travel across the Balkans to look for its origins. It's a study into national identity. Thanks for the video!

yo my mom also said to me well boy looks like you returned to your 'black sean' roots when she overheard your belisarius but i dont know much about music and i think she said that because she thought it was tulum that was playing which makes me to cast that masterpiece to the whole neighborhood. good luck with your job mate, a fan of your works.