Transcript TRADITIONAL TURKISH MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Folk Music  Folk music or Türkü generally deals with subjects surrounding daily life: birth, death, love, etc. 

TRADITIONAL TURKISH MUSIC AND
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Folk Music
 Folk music or Türkü generally deals with subjects
surrounding daily life: birth, death, love, etc.
 Folk songs are usually played at weddings, funerals and
special festivals.
 In recent times, saz orchestras, accompanied with many
other traditional instruments have kept modern folk songs
popular in Turkey.
Folk Music
 Regional folk music generally accompanies folk dances,
which vary significantly across regions. E.g.
 The Aegean Region
 The Black Sea Region
 The Marmara Region
 The Eastern Anatolia Region
Zeybek
Horon
Çiftetelli
Halay
Zeybek
Horon
Çiftetelli
Halay
Aşık
 The Turkish Folk music performers are called “aşık”.
 Some of the most well-known aşıks are Aşık Veysel, Aşık
Mahsuni Şerif, Köroğlu, Karacaoğlan, etc.
Folk Music Instruments
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Bağlama
Kemençe
Kopuz
Zurna
Davul
Darbuka
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Turkish Classical Music
 Turkish classical music (Ottoman court music) has a large
and varied system of modes or scales known as makams.
 A specific sequence of classical Turkish musical forms become
a fasıl.
 It is taught in conservatories and social clubs, the most
respected of which is Istanbul's Üsküdar Musiki Cemiyeti.
Turkish Classical Music Instruments
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Ney
Tambur
Kanun
Kudüm
Ud
Def
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Ottoman Military Music (Mehter)
 The Mehter Takımı is considered to be the oldest type of
military marching band in the world.
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