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The bağlama is a synthesis of historical musical instruments in Central Asia and pre-Turkish Anatolia. It is partly descended from the Turkic komuz. The kopuz, or komuz, differs from the bağlama in that it has a leather-covered body and two or three strings made of sheep gut, wolf gut, or horsehair. It is played with the fingers rather than a ...
The cura (Turkish pronunciation:) is a plucked string folk instrument from Turkey. [1] It is the smallest and highest pitched member of the bağlama family of instruments. [ 2 ] It is found in nearly every region of the country with varying exact dimensions, tunings, playing techniques, and names including dede sazı, parmak cura, üç telli ...
It is suggested that about a fifth of the Turkish population are Alevis, whose folk music is performed by a type of travelling bard or ozan called aşık, who travels with the saz or baglama, an iconic image of Turkish folk music. [21]
Neşet Ertaş (1938 – 25 September 2012) was a Turkish folk music singer, lyricist, modern ashik and virtuoso of the traditional Turkish instrument the bağlama.His profession in Turkish is known as halk ozanı, which literally means "folk bard".
According to Kvr Audio, Volko Baglama was released on 31 May 2005 and there was no baglama instrument released earlier than the Volko Baglama. In 2005 July, the Turkish music technology magazine "Volume" reviewed Volko Baglama and mentioned about it being the first virtual instrument in Turkey. It was reviewed by Orhan Erol and Cem Sarıoğlu.
The name of the instrument may come from Turkish bozuk (broken or disorderly), it refers to Bozuk düzen bağlama, a tuning of Turkish baglama.Another theory on the origin of the name is that it comes from the Persian expression tanbur e bozorg, meaning a large tanbur style lute.
Yeni Türkü (means New Türkü in Turkish) is a Turkish band. The group has held concerts and has recorded a number of albums since forming in 1978. Their musical style is characterized by a combination of traditional Turkish and modern musical instruments, including the oud, baglama, kemenche, qanun and guitar.
Turkish folk music (Turkish: Türk Halk Müziği) is the traditional music of Turkish people living in Turkey influenced by the cultures of Anatolia and former territories in Europe and Asia. Its unique structure includes regional differences under one umbrella. It includes popular music from the Ottoman Empire era.