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- Musicologist Eliot Bates wrote that Ulaş Özdemir might be the last person playing and recording on the Ruzba. James tracked down Ulaş in Istanbul to get the story of the Ruzba.
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Recorded: Istanbul, June 2018
Would like to introduce you the traditional Northern Chinese music I played when you're in my homeland dude, I can see that you're doing all of these with just passion.
This channel is super underrated! Great video as usual!
Thanks for watching! :D
Thank you very much. Your endevour will not disappoint you at the and. With this video, some of Turkish young generation teens rediscovering their music. This is really great. With your help, everybody will learn Turkish music. Thank you very much.
Another amazing video!
Thank you!
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Thank you for that great video. I would like to say something about the ruzba; Ulaş Özdemir is one of the most talented performer of ruzba, but he is not the last. There are many good performers of ruzba. I could also say that the popularity of ruzba is remarkably rising.
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these videos are amazing and so important. It would be great, once we can all travel more again, if you could look at the west African Kora or the Ethiopian Krar.
Splendid work. Pls continue. Is there any tradition of using silk strings on this family of instruments? In my studies and re-creations of ancient music, there is often confusion regarding string material. I tried silk strings on my Cura bouzouki, with excellent results. Amazing bass tones from such a small instrument. Metal strings seem more common after the 12-13th centuries, depending on where/who the musician is, yet there is little record or academic agreement on when/where metal alloys were used.
After watching this i would really like to encourage you to come to north Albania and/or Kosovo to do an episode on the çifteli ! Idk exactly what the relationship is historically but I'm sure there is one! Çifteli has a lot of similarities in design, but the sound and spirit of its music is quite different. :)
Great content
Thanks for watching! More coming soon!
Hey where’d ya go? You’re not finished yet!
You should make a video playing Charango from the Andes🦙🗻🇦🇷🇧🇴🇨🇱🇵🇪
Yeah I'd love to! Haven't yet been to that part of the world, but when I do, you can be sure I'll be finding some charango players to hassle for an interview
@@TheStringdom hoo boy there's so am any instruments over there
It is like a Merlin Seagull strum stick, only with two strings.
Like a documentary on Discovery Channel. Dang
Thank you! and thanks for watching!
What is the difference between the Ruzba and Cura Saz? I can see they are both of a similar size and have 3 strings.
ruzba only has two courses of strings
@@world_musician Hi Chris, I've seen some Cura Saz with 2 courses (3-string 'Üçtelli' cura for example, with one bass string and a doubled-up melody/treble string). In fact I decided not long ago not to take the naming of these instruments very seriously, as most are non-standardised instruments; different instruments are called the same name in different parts of Anatolia, and similar instruments are called different names in different regions. There are literally dozens of 'saz' with different scale lengths, number of strings, courses, constructions etc in Turkey alone.
@@danyjr Yes I agree, the instruments are a reflection of the history of a region, different language dialects are the norm before a standard national tongue was imposed...
I think this is where the Albanian lute comes from..
Could be related? I haven't yet made my way there but it's on the list!
@@TheStringdom Hi, I did a quick research and I think it certainly is. The original Albenian name I guess "Çifteli > çift telli > means "double string" or 2 string :) In Albenia, the culture is highly influenced by Alevi-Bektasi religion. czcams.com/video/USVuFb9bM9k/video.html
@@vimanarchia Greetings from Istanbul Turkey, in order to correct a misunderstanding I wanted to write this comment. There is no such thing as "Alevi-Bektasi religion." Alevism is the earliest form of Islam. Just like there are Sunnis, there are Alevi Muslims. Bektashism is on the other hand is the name of religious order just like Qızılbash Order for people who follows Alevi path. People often confuses between Shia and Alevism. The fact is that Alevism is an umbrella term that contains Shia as well. Thats why All Shias are Alevis but not all Alevis are Shia.
I am curious ... He seems to be a Kurd from Maraş (Elbistan/Bazarcix)... there are Kurds in Iran (Kermanshah...) who have a really similar instrument, but the tuning is different... does this instrument have any particular connections to Kurds and their culture?
Thanks for watching! As for the instrument, it has many cousins and variants all over central Asia, with varying degrees of similarity. As for Ulas' heritage, I'm not sure, but he speaks a lot about Alevi songs and culture, so there could be something in that?
He looks like a nomadic Türkmen. But you are right about how these instruments have spread to the whole region, it goes beyond ethnicities ;)
They are connected; The tembur originates in ancient Elam (near Kermanshah), in the city of Sush. The Tembur spread to Khorasani Iran, in particular Kurds there, and into central asia and then back into Anatolia. The guy in the video is most likely Alevi or Bektashi, he does look Turkmen but his region suggests he is Kurdish.
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