Monday, November 5, 2007
Today Video: Zurna
Tv Channel: TRT2
Song name: Trakya Karşılaması
Zurna Player: Halil Çokyürekli
Bağlama Player: Okan Murat Öztürk
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Folk Instruments:1- String Instruments
a) Played with a ple
b) Played with fingers
- Bağlama
Bağlama is the most commonly used string folk instrument in Turkey. It takes different names according to the regions and according to its size such as Bağlama, Divan Sazı, Bozuk, Çöğür, Kopuz Irızva, Cura, Tambura, etc.
Cura is the smallest member of the bağlama family with the highest pitched sound. The member one size bigger than cura which gives a sound that is one octave lower than cura is the tambura. And the one with the deepest sound is the Divan sazı whose sound is one octave lower compared to tambura.
Bağlama has three main parts called Tekne, Göğüs and Sap. Tekne part is generally made from mulberry trees as well as from woods of juniper, beech, spruce or walnut. The göğüs part is made from spruce and the sap section from homespun or juniper.
There are pieces called burgu (screw) at the end of the sap which is opposite to tekne part to which the strings are tied. These screws are used for tuning. There are pitches on the sap tied fith fish line. Bağlama is played with a Mızrap or Tezene made from cherry wood bark or plastic and fingers are used in some regions. The later technique is called Şelpe.
Thee three string groups on bağlama in groups of two or three. These string groups can be tuned in a variety of ways. For example in thetuning style called bağlama Düzeni, the strings in the lower group give la, middle group strings re and upper group strings give mi notes. Besides this type of tuning there are Kara Düzen, Misket Düzeni Müstezat, Abdal Düzeni, Rast Düzeni etc. styles.Played with plectrum Played with fingers
- Tar
Tar is a Turkish folk instrument palyed with a plectrum (tezene). It is widely used in the kars region. It is also a commonly used instrument in Azerbeijan, ıran, uzbekistan and Georgia.
Its body is composed of two bowls of different size and is generally made from mulberry trees. The göğüs section is covered with a menbrane taken from the heart of water buffaloes or cattle. Sap section is from hard wood and fishline pitches are tied onto it.
There are two main groups of strings on tar. Those in the first group are used in playing the tune and consists of three groups of two strings. The other group of strings are called Kök and Zengi and are tuned according to the mode to be used and enhance the tone.
Y
- YAGMUR OLSUN
- YAGMUR YÜREKLIM
- YALIN AYAK urfa semah
- YANANLARIN ORTAK SÖZÜ
- YAR BULAMADIM
- YAR SELAM GÖNDERMIS
- YAR SENIN DERDINDEN
- YARALI BIR CEYLAN
- YARALI CEYLANIM SENDEN
- YARIM GELIR GÜLE GÜLE-Azeri
- YARIM ISTANBULU MESKENMI TUTTUN
- YAYLALAR
- YEMEN ELLERINDEN BERI GELIRKEN
- YESIL AYNA TAKINDINMI BELINE
- YESIL ÖRDEK
- YINE KARLAR YAGDI
- YOL VER DAGLAR
- YOLA CEVIRDILER BENI
- YOLCUYUM BU DAGLARDA
- YOLUN SONU GORÜNÜYOR
- YONUK OLUR MERDIVANIN TASLARI
- YU LEYLI LEYLI
- YÜKSEK TEPEDE-Bulgar
- YÜRÜ BRE HIZIR PASA
- YÜRÜYORUM DIKENLERIN ÜSTÜNDE
S
- SABAHIN SEHER VAKTINDE
- SALVARLI GELIN
- SANMAKI UNUTTUM
- SAPKAMIN TEREGI DÜZ
- SARARDIM BEN SARARDIM
- SARI GELIN
- SARI KIZ
- SASKIN YARIM
- SEFTALI AGACLARI
- SEHER YILDIZI
- SEHIR KABRISTANI
- SEKER OGLAN
- SEN BIR CEYLAN OLSAN
- SEN TABIPSIN
- SENDE BIRGÜN UNUTURSUN
- SENDEN BANA YAR OLMAZ
- SERCESME
- SERENLER ZEYBEGI
- SEYYAH OLUP SU ALEMI
- SIMAV ZEYBEGI
- SIRIN NAR AGACIYAM
- SIVASIN YOLLARINA
- SIYAH MAKARADA IPLIGIM
- SIYAH ZÜLFÜN DESTE DESTE
- SOFU BABA
- SU AKAR GÜLDÜR GÜLDÜR
- SU DAGLARIN YÜKSEGINE ERSELER
- SU DIYARI GURBET ELDE
- SU KANLI ZALIMIN ETTIGI ISLER
- SU METRISIN OENUE
- SU SIZIYOR
- SU YÜCE DAGLARIN KARI
- SUDA BALIK YANGIDER
K
- KADIFEDEN KESESI
- KAHPE FELEK SANA NETTIM
- KALK GIDEK MEYHANAYA
- KALKTI GÖC EYLEDI
- KAPIYI CALAN KIMDIR
- KARA TREN GECIKIR
- KARADIR KASLARIN
- KARAHISAR KALESI
- KARDESIN DUYMAZ
- KARPUZ KESTIM YIYEN YOK
- KARSIDAN GÖRÜNEN
- KAYTAGI
- KESIK CAYIR
- KETEN GÖMLEK FILFILI
- KEZBAN YENGE
- KIRMIZI GÜL DEMET DEMET
- KIRPIGIN KASINA DEGDIGI ZAMAN
- KIRVEM
- KIRVEM YARAN DERIN
- KIYILI
- KIZILCIKLAR OLDUMU
- KONYALi fantazik
- KÖROGLU OYUN HAVASI
- KÜCÜKSÜN GÜZEL
- KUL OLAYIM KALEM TUTAN ELLERE
- KUYUDAN SU CEKERLER
- KÖTÜ ZAMAN
- KÜTAHYA KARSILAMASI memberi
- KÜTAHYANIN PINARLARI
Notes-B
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Notes of Turkish Folk Music-A
A İstanbul Sen Bir Han Mısın |
Abdurrahman Halayı |
Acem Kızı |
Ağlama Ceylan Balası |
Ağlama Gözlerim Mevlam Kerimdir |
Ağlama Yar Ağlama |
Ağlasam mı |
Ah Bir Ataş Ver |
Al Fadimem (Evlerinin Önü) |
Al Fistanın Moruna |
Al Yazmalım |
Aldanma Gönül Aldanma (Bu Dünyanın Devranına) |
Allı Turnalar |
Almanı Attım Harala |
Aman Elmacı Yarim |
Aman Mor Koyun |
Ana Meni Yaz Ağla |
Ana Yurdum Baba Yurdum |
Anam mı Var |
Ankara Zeybeği |
Antalya Semahı |
Arakçının Mendedir Ceyran |
Arpa Buğday Daneler |
Atem Tutem Men Seni |
Ay Bir Yana Sen Bir Yana |
Ayrıldım Güler miyim |