Nothing to forgive here, a very understandable question.“Z”, here, would be “Zeyl”; an extension of the piece, meant to indicate that the piece is longer than the 17th century standard 3 hânes. It seems to be an late 16th-early 17th century innovation of Anatolian and Balkan musicians (as opposed to Persian or Arab ones), as they did not like the fact that Darb-ı Feth could only be looped 6 times before ending the piece.
Nothing to forgive here, a very understandable question.
“Z”, here, would be “Zeyl”; an extension of the piece, meant to indicate that the piece is longer than the 17th century standard 3 hânes. It seems to be an late 16th-early 17th century innovation of Anatolian and Balkan musicians (as opposed to Persian or Arab ones), as they did not like the fact that Darb-ı Feth could only be looped 6 times before ending the piece.
