UNUSUAL STREET PERFORMER IN KARAKOY ISTANBUL, STREET MUSIC, STREET SINGER, TURKISH FOLK MUSIC, Bağlama, 4k, The bağlama or saz is a family of plucked string instruments, long-necked lutes used in Ottoman classical music, Turkish folk music, Turkish Arabesque music, Azerbaijani music, Kurdish music, Armenian music and in parts of Syria, Iraq and the Balkan countries.[1]
Bağlama (Turkish: bağlama) is Turkish from bağlamak, "to tie". It is pronounced [baːɫaˈma]. Saz (Persian: ساز) means "to make; to compose" in Persian. It is pronounced [sāz]. According to The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "the terms 'bağlama' and 'saz' are used somewhat interchangeably in Turkey."[2] Like the Western lute and the Middle-Eastern oud, it has a deep round back, but a much longer neck. It can be played with a plectrum or with a fingerpicking style known as şelpe.
In the music of Greece the name baglamas (Greek: μπαγλαμάς) is given to a treble bouzouki, a related instrument. The Turkish settlement of Anatolia from the late eleventh century onward saw the introduction of a two-string Turkmen dutar, which was played in some areas of Turkey until recent times.
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