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A yürük semai (also spelled yürük sema’i yürük sema i or yürük semâ’î) is a musical form in Ottoman classical music. It was a movement of a fasıl (suite). It is generally composed in an usul (rhythmic structure) of 6/8 or 6/4.Tanburi Cemil Bey was a noted composer of yürük semai.In Arabic music there is an iqa’ (rhythmic mode) called yūruk samā’ī (يورك سماعي) which is commonly used in the muwashshah genre.

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