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Turkish folk music (''Türk Halk Müziği'') is the traditional music of Turkish people living in Turkey influenced by the cultures of Anatolia and former territories in Europe and Asia. Its unique structure includes regional differences under one umbrella. It includes popular music from the Ottoman Empire era. After the foundation of the Turkish Republic in 1923, Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ordered a wide-scale classification and archiving of samples of Turkish folk music from around the country, which, from 1924 to 1953 collected around 10,000 folk songs. Traditional folk music was combined with Western harmony and musical notation to create a more modern style of popular Turkish music. History and development Western music had begun to influence Ottoman music from before the early Tanzimat period. According to Degirmenci "the first westernization movement in music happened in the Army; in 1826 Giuseppe Donizetti, brother of the famous opera composer Gaetano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neşet Ertaş
Neşet Ertaş (1938 – 25 September 2012) was a Turkish folk music singer, lyricist, modern ashik and virtuoso of the traditional Turkish instrument the bağlama. His profession in Turkish is known as ''halk ozanı'', which literally means "folk bard". Yaşar Kemal gave Ertaş his nickname, "Bozkırın Tezenesi" (literally: "Plectrum of the Steppe"), writing it in a book he gave him as a gift. Early years and family life Neşet Ertaş was born in 1938, in Kırtıllar, a village in Kırşehir. His father, Muharrem Ertaş, was also a folk poet. His mother, Döne Koç, was Muharrem's second wife, whom he married after his first wife, Hatice, died early. Neşet was the second of four children; he had an older half-brother, Necati, from his father's first marriage and two younger sisters, Ayşe and Nadiye. His mother Döne also died early, and his father married again, to Arzu. From his third marriage four sons, Ekrem, Ali, Muharrem and Cemal, were born. Neşet married Leyla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gazel
''Gazel'' is a form of Turkish music that has almost died out. While in other parts of West Asia, ''gazel'' is synonymous with '' ghazal'', in Turkey it denotes an improvised form of solo singing that is sometimes accompanied by the '' ney'', '' ud'', or ''tanbur''. It is the vocal equivalent to the Turkish ''taqsim ''Taqsim'' ( ckb, تەقسیم, ar, تَقْسِيم / ALA-LC: ''taqsīm''; el, ταξίμι, translit=taksimi, tr, taksim) is a melodic musical improvisation that usually precedes the performance of a traditional Arabic, Kurdish, Greek, Middl ...'', an improvised instrumental composition. The form began to die out in the mid-20th century because of its associations with nightclubs, but it has recently begun a revival process.Garland Encyclopedia of Music, vol. 6, pp. 114–121 References Turkish music Turkish words and phrases Arabic and Central Asian poetics Forms of Ottoman classical music Forms of Turkish makam music {{music-genre-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bozlak
Bozlak is a form of Turkish folk song from Central Anatolia accompanied by the long-necked baglama (divan sazı), davul and zurna. The main subjects of the melancholic songs are separation and love. The songs begin with a very high pitched vocal and end in a low vocal. The best known players are Toklumenli Aşık Said, Muharrem Ertaş, Neşet Ertaş, Hacı Taşan and Çekiç Ali. Bozlak, which is a form of uzun hava (long tune) in Turkish Folk Music, has been a form of music starting from Central Anatolia and an expression of the cultures of the Yoruk / Turkmen and Avshar tribes which pursue a way of life based on yaylak (summer highland pasture)- and kislak (winter pasture). In terms of meaning, the word ‘bozlak’ has the meanings of to shout, to yell, to cry out, and to burst out. The bursting out of the sorrow, desolation and the outbreak that the Turkmens and Avshars experienced in daily life to the nature caused the emergence of the bozlak culture. Turkmens, Avs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oyun Havası
Oyun is a Local Government Area in Kwara State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ilemona. It has an area of 476 km and a population of 94,253 at the 2006 census. The postal code A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal a ... of the area is 240. References Local Government Areas in Kwara State {{kwara-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halay
Halay is the national dance of Turkey and a regional category of folk dance styles in central, southern, eastern, and southeastern regions of the country. It is mainly performed by Turks, Arabs, and Kurds in Turkey. Halay and similar dances are parts of multiple ancient folk dance traditions and cultures throughout the Middle East and regions in proximity. These dances are mostly found in weddings and generally accompanied by zurna and davul, but in the recent years, electronic instruments have started to replace them. Typically, Halay dancers form a circle or a line, while holding each other in many ways, such as finger to finger, shoulder to shoulder, or hand to hand. The last and the first player may hold a piece of cloth. It usually begins slow and speeds up. Due to the restrictions concerning COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey Halay dance had been restricted in weddings. Because of the pandemic weddings were required people to hold sticks connecting each other, rather than their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horon
Horon ( pnt, χορόν, khorón) is a traditional folk dance from Pontus or Eastern Black Sea Region in Turkey. Name Etymology The term ''horon'' derives from Greek '' choros'' ( el, χορός, khorós), which means "dance." The earliest instance of its usage in a Turkic language is in Codex Cumanicus from 1303. Variants In Ordu and Giresun, the term ''horan'' is used instead of ''horon''. See also *Khigga *Dabke *Tamzara Tamzara ( hy, Թամզարա, translit=T'amzara; aii, ܬܢܙܪܐ, translit=Tanzara; az, Tənzərə; el, Τάμσαρα, translit=Támsara; tr, Tamzara) is a folk dance native to Armenian Highlands. It is today performed by Armenians, Assyri ... References {{Turkish dances Greek dances Turkish folk dances Circle dances Pontic Greek dances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeybek Dance
The zeybek is a Turkish folk dance particular to much of Anatolia, named after the Zeybeks and related to the Greek dance zeibekiko. The dance is hierarchic, with a group of companions performing it while wearing a particular decorative costume and a typical headdress. A Zeybek band has a leader called ''efe''; the inexperienced young men were called ''kızans''. The term ''efe'' is presumably the survivor of the Greek word ''ephebos''. All zeybek dances have a common characteristic form, but the positioning of the arms and body differ according to the different regions. The rhythm is also very characteristic, a pattern of nine slow beats: = 4 + 4 + 1 beats or 2 + 2 + 2 + 3 with occasional variations. Zeybek melodies can be divided according to their tempo: ''ağır'' (slow) and ''kıvrak'' (fast). The ağır zeybek have rhythmic patterns of or , which begin with an introduction called ''gezinleme'' in free style where the dancers wander freely before starting to dance in time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
şarkı
A ''şarkı'' is an art song in Ottoman classical music which forms one of the movements of a ''fasıl The ''fasıl'' is a suite in Ottoman classical music. It is similar to the Arabic '' nawba'' and '' waslah''. A classical ''fasıl'' generally includes movements such as '' taksim'', '' peşrev'', '' kâr'', '' beste'', '' ağır semâ'î'', '' y ...'' (suite). It is performed with an '' usul'' (metric structure). This kind of song is rarely performed today. In modern Turkish, ''şarkı'' is the common word for any song, Turkish or foreign. Turkish music Vocal music Turkish words and phrases Musical forms {{song-stub tr:Şarkı (edebiyat) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arif Sağ
Arif Sağ (born 1945) is a Turkish singer, bağlama virtuoso, and leading figure in modern Turkish folk music. A former academic, he was also a member of the Turkish parliament from 1987 to 1991. Early years Arif Sağ was born to a miller at Dallı village of Aşkale district in Erzurum Province, eastern Turkey. At the age of five, he learned to play the kaval, a simple traditional flute. One year later, he became interested in phonographs and phonograph records. He learned to play the bağlama in Erzincan when he was six years old. Until he was fourteen, he learned the ashik tradition, and started to sing folk poems. He then moved to Istanbul and took lessons from folk music artist Nida Tüfekçi at Aksaray Music Association. He was able to successfully build his musical understructure. He is friend with Iranian musician Abdollah Alijani Ardeshir. Music career The 1960s and 1970 were for Sağ the years of style searching. During this period, he focused on commercial and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Güler Duman
Güler Duman (born June 25, 1967) is a Turkish singer, songwriter, composer, TV host and music teacher. She concentrates on Turkish folk music. Early life Güler Duman was born in Istanbul on June 30, 1967. Originally, Erzurum was Aşkale. When she was a child, she started to play bağlama. She became attracted to music. At the end of elementary school, at age thirteen, Dost Garip recorded her first album. She attended high school education in Istanbul. She started her second album ''O Leyli Leyli'' at the beginning of high school. In 1986 at Istanbul Technical University, she earned a degree in dentistry. A year later, she won the Istanbul Technical University Turkish Music State Conservatory division. She continued to produce professional albums while studying music. Güler Duman developed cardiovascular disease at a young age and took medications. Later on, she survived the disease. Career In 1980 she released her first album. Between 1980 and 1986, she released seven a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selda Bağcan
Selda Bağcan (; born December 14, 1948) is a Turkish folk singer-songwriter, guitarist, and music producer. Early life Selda Bağcan was born in 1948 in the western Turkish town of Muğla. Her father was a veterinarian medician of Macedonian Turk origin from the town of Bitola and her mother was a teacher of Crimean Tatar origin. She had two older brothers named Savaş and Sezer, and a younger brother named Serter was born when Selda was two years old. The family relocated to Van shortly after Serter was born, where Selda spent most of her childhood. Her father, Selim, was a music enthusiast who played the saxophone and the flute, and he encouraged all his children to start playing instruments from a very young age. Selda herself started to play the mandolin when she was five. The family spent many evenings playing music together, under the direction of Selim. Upon Selim's unexpected death from typhoid fever in 1957, the rest of the family moved to Ankara to be close to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
