Rhythm · 9/8
Turkish 9/8
Also known as: Karsilama Rhythm
dum tak rest
Subdivision: 2 + 2 + 2 + 3.
Origin
Turkey / Balkans / Eastern Mediterranean
Where you hear it
One of the defining odd meters in Turkish and Balkan music. “Karsilama” is also the name of a partnered folk-dance tradition, although Western belly-dance terminology often uses the word for the rhythm itself.
Dance
Styles danced to it
Also used in
- Turkish folk-inspired Oriental
- American Cabaret
- Balkan fusion