Turkish folk music

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The Turkish folk music ( Turkish Türk Halk Müziği abbreviated THM ) is the oldest traditional music genre of Turkish music (s. Also the article Music Turkey # folk music ). Türkü is the name for a Turkish folk song .

Scales

In Turkish folk music, different scales ( ayak "foot, step, gait") are used, such as B .:

• Kerem Ayağı (abc 'd' e 'f' g 'a')
• Garip Ayağı (from c sharp 'd' e 'f sharp' g / g sharp 'a')
• Do Kararlı Müstzat (cdefgah c ')
• Misket Ayağı (fis gah cis 'd' e 'fis')
• Bozlak Ayağı (abc 'd' e 'f' g 'a')
• Derbeder (Calendari) Ayağı (abc 'des' e 'f' g 'a')

Musical instruments

Wind instruments

• Çığırtma , flute made from the bone of an eagle's wing with seven finger holes
• Çifte
• Kaval (with or without tongue )
• Mey
• Sipsi
• Tulum
• Zurna

Stringed instruments

1. Plucked instruments

• Saz : Cura , Bağlama, Divan sazı and Meydan sazı
• Tambour
• Oud
• Cümbüş

2. String instruments

• Kabak kemane
• Kemençe

Percussion instruments

• Çalpara
• Çift nağra
• Darbuka
• Davul
• Def
• Kaşık ( spoon )
• Koltuk davulu
• Zil (cymbals)

Performers

s. the article List of Turkish Musicians # Traditional Genres

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• Vasfi Çilingir: Müzik eğitimi . Ankara 1990.