şarkı

song

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The term "şarkı" is a Turkish word for "song". A song is a short musical composition for the human voice, often accompanied by instruments. Songs can also refer to a composition that uses rhythm and rhyme to create a lyrical effect, or a rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to sound pleasing.123

In Native American culture, songs are deeply intertwined with language and cultural values. They are often seen as gifts from the Creator or spirit beings, and can be passed down through oral tradition. Songs can illuminate characters' thoughts and feelings in storytelling, and may use traditional or archaic language, sometimes incorporating vocables (syllables without referential meaning). The structure of songs, including melody, harmony, rhythm, and pitch, contributes to their overall meaning and emotional impact.45

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Turkish literature
Epic and the emergence of the âşik
…the popular urban song (şarkı) was taken up by court poets and musicians, and it became fashionable for courtiers to entertain themselves by performing these songs with the folkloric bağlama. The great 17th-century poet Nâʾilî was the first to include such songs in his divan (collected works), a practice…
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…the popular urban song (şarkı) was taken up by court poets and musicians, and it became fashionable for courtiers to entertain themselves by performing these songs with the folkloric bağlama. The great 17th-century poet Nâʾilî was the first to include such songs in his divan (collected works), a practice…
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