Asma davul performance in musical practics of Bergama district of İzmir province

Rhythm is a concept that defined differently in many disciplines and means "order, regular action of movements" in general terms. Rhythm, which is one of the three basic elements of music with melody and harmony, allows the melodies to be arranged in a regular order and percussion instruments are used to perform the rhythm layer. Rhythmic movements in Traditional Turkish Folk Music and Traditional Turkish Art Music, which are two main branches of Traditional Turkish Music, are explained by the concept of "usul". The concept of "usul" that has special "düzüm" patterns and names in Traditional Turkish Art Music, refers to beats that make up measures in Traditional Turkish Folk Music. To consider regional rhythmic patterns that are performed using percussion instruments such as asma davul, bendir, darbuka, kaşık as "usul" and to be involved in the Traditional Turkish Folk Music theory in this way is a subject discussed by researchers. Asma davul is a percussion instrument that has been in Turkish culture history for many years and is used almost everywhere in Turkey today. As the most basic percussion instrument of Traditional Turkish Folk Music, asma davul, varies from region to region in terms of sizes, materials used in construction and especially forms of performances. In these performance forms, the form mentioned by the musicians from Bergama that was first performed by a musician named "Şekerci Mustafa" and expressed by names such as "tremolo, tırr" is called as "the Style of Bergama" by many asma davul performer today. It is an example of the musical identity of "being from Bergama" that regional musicians attribute to them that calling this performance form as "the Style of Bergama".