Saz semai


The saz semai is an instrumental form in Ottoman classical music. It was typically the closing movement of a fasıl. The saz semai is metered and typically uses the usul called aksak semai.
A saz semai is typically in 4 movements, called hane, each movement followed by a teslim.
The teslim and the first three hane are usually in rhythm structure 10/8, unlike the fourth hane which will be in 6/4.
Like :
First Hane
Teslim
Second Hane
Teslim
Third Hane
Teslim
Fourth Hane
Teslim

Common Saz Semaisi

Some Saz Semaisi are very known and played in the all makam music area.
Here a few of them :