Turkish musical instruments
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Turkish musical instruments can be broadly classified into five categories, namely Ottoman classical, Western influenced modern, Ottoman Harem Music, Folk music and Roman. Most of Turkish musical instruments spread in the former Ottoman Empires states all over the Middle East ,Caucasus, Central Asia and Southern Asia. In ancient era Silk road had an effective role in this distribution.
Turkish musical instruments
- String instruments: bowed instruments kemenche, yaylı tanbur; plucked instruments kanun, saz, tanbur, tar, ud, cümbüş
- Woodwind instruments: reed zurna, tulum, dankiyo, gaida; end-blown ney, kaval, sipsi, duduk
- Percussion instruments: chordophones santur; membranophones bendir, daf, davul, darbuka, naqareh, kus, Turkish crescent
[edit] See also
Traditional Musical instruments of Asia
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