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The bağlama or saz is a family of plucked string instruments and long-necked lutes used in Ottoman classical music, Turkish folk music, Turkish Arabesque music, Azerbaijani music, Bosnian music , Kurdish music, and Armenian music.
Saz or SAZ may refer to: . Sarah (given name), nickname Saz Saz, Iran, a village in Kermanshah Province, Iran; Saz, Kaynaşlı; Saz style, a serrated leaf pattern used in Ottoman art and pottery
Saz was a style of vegetal ornament popular in Ottoman decorative arts of the 16th century CE, characterized by the use of long, feathery sawtoothed leaves and composite blossoms. [4] At the same time, saz is also used as a name for the art style, in which saz ornament was basic element of the compositions. [5]
The folklore of Turkey is extremely diverse. Nevertheless, Turkish folk music is dominantly marked by a single musical instrument called saz or bağlama, a type of long-necked lute. Traditionally, saz is played solely by traveling musicians known as ozan or religious Alevi troubadours called aşık. [21]
The Greek tambouras is a long-neck fretted instrument of the lute family, similar to the Turkish saz and the Persian tanbur. Furthermore, the fretted Tanbur influenced the design of many instruments other than those above, notably: The baglama (saz) is found in the Caucasus, Iran, Turkey, northern Syria, western Iraq, and Southeast Europe. [1]
In Ottoman art the large and feathery leaves called saz became very popular, and were elaborated in drawings showing just one or more large leaves. Eventually floral decoration mostly derived from Chinese styles, especially those of Chinese porcelain , replaces the arabesque in many types of work, such as pottery, textiles and miniatures.
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Bağlama (saz) Mastering in playing saz is the essential requirement for an ashik. This instrument, a variant of which is known as Bağlama, is a stringed musical instrument and belongs to the family of long-necked lutes. [22] Often performances of ashiks are accompanied by an ensemble of balaban [23] and qaval performers.