Zeybek dance

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The zeybek or zeybeği is a Turkish folk dance, named after Zeybeks.

All zeybek dances have a common characteristic form, but the positioning of the arms and body differ according to the different regions. The musical structure is also very characteristic. Its rhythmic pattern is nine beats, with three times two beats and one three beat altering in the beginning or at the end.

Zeybek melodies can be divided according to their rhythmic patterns: ağır (slow) and kıvrak (fast). The ağır zeybek have rhythmic patterns of 9/2 and 9/4, which begin with an introduction called gezinleme in free style where the dancers wander freely and start to dance in a proper time of the rhythmic pattern. There isn't a gezinleme introduction in female zeybek dances. Kıvrak zeybek have rhythmic patterns of 9/8 or 9/16.

[edit] See also

• List of dances
• List of dances sorted by ethnicity
• Music of Turkey
• Zeibekiko (Greek dance that originated from the zeybek)

[edit] External links

• Zeybek — from Danceturks
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