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Saz Sound 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 ( Sevdalinka ), Kurdish music , and Armenian music .
Described as "Turkey’s most beloved alternative music purveyors," [3] Baba Zula create a unique psychedelic sound, combining traditional Turkish instruments, electronica, reggae, and dub. The core of their sound is the saz, a Turkish bouzouki-like stringed instrument with a bright, high-pitched sound. [ 3 ]
Ashik Ağalar Mikayılov playing the saz Ashugh Jivani (center, playing the kamani) with instrumentalists Soviet stamp from 1962 devoted to Sayat-Nova's 250 anniversary.. An ashik (Azerbaijani: aşıq, azb:آشؽق; Turkish: âşık; —all from Azerbaijani: aç) or ashugh (Armenian: աշուղ; Georgian: აშუღი) [1]: 1365 [2] [3] is traditionally a singer-poet and bard who ...
Sama'i (also known as usul semai) is a vocal piece of Ottoman Turkish music composed in 6/8 meter.This form and meter (usul in Turkish) is often confused with the completely different saz semaisi, an instrumental form consisting of three to four sections, in 10/8 meter, or usul aksak semai (broken semai in Turkish).
Haydar Haydar is a well known traditional mystical Turkish folk song. The lyrics of the song come from "a poem by 17th century Alevi-Bektashi poet Kul Nesîmî that vocalizes an internal struggle with God."
According to the band, "We immersed ourselves in the culture of the city of Istanbul and the people whom we met there." [7] The band's "song skeletons" were added to by Turkish musicians, who contributed instruments such as the bendir, darbuka, erbane, mey, barama, saz and electric guitar. [8]
Osman Murat Ertel (born 30 March 1964) is a Turkish musician. He is the son of Mengü Ertel and Ülfet Ertel.. He is one of the founders of the Zen and Baba Zula groups. While he was making improvised music with Zen, he also focused on his Turkish roots in Baba Zula and composed film and theater music with this group.
The Brothers of the Baladi was formed by band leader/percussionist/vocalist Michael Beach in Yuma, Arizona in 1975 to back up local Belly Dancer Zamara. Beach, who had fallen in love with the sounds of the Arabic, Turkish, Greek, and Persian music in Zamara's collection of cassette tapes and LPs, [2] initially began accompanying the tapes on a hand drum, [3] but soon recruited Colby Girard ...