The Turkish term aksak, borrowed from Ottoman musical theory, means `limping`, `stumbling`, or `slumping`, i.e., irregular ({harvnb|Brăiloiu|1951}; {harvnb|Fracile|2003|loc=198}; {harvnb|Reinhard, Stokes, and Reinhard|2001|loc=§II, 4}). It designates a rhythmic system in which pieces or sequences, executed in a fast tempo, are based on the...
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an important pattern in the rhythmic structure of folk and vernacular traditional music of the Middle East, particularly Turkey, Iran, and ...
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