Please make a video on Yarsanism for your main channel. I've been wanting to learn more about this tradition / group for some time. Not sure how much scholarship there is on them but I'm sure you would know where to look (and I'm willing to bet you already have). Also, what a beautiful instrument. I feel as though its sound would be conducive to altered states of consciousness. Keep up the fantastic work, my friend. Your insightful and accessible videos have been very valuable to me academically and especially on a personal spiritual level
Generally, saz has three string courses, and they are all doubled, and the melody string is often tripled. The strings are typically steel. The tanbour has one doubled string and one single string. You play the melody on the doubled string. The strings are often made of very thin strands of a copper alloy that have a very particular sound. The tanbour has only semitonal frets (like on a guitar) but adjusted to the particular temperament of the song. The saz has semitonal and quartertonal frets. The tanbour body is relatively shallow and almost looks like the bottom of a rowing boat. The saz body has a very deep pear shape to it. other than that, the tanbour generally has a lighter build with a smaller bridge, which means the string height is lower, so the fingers almost always strike the soundboard of the instrument, which is also perforated (there are holes in it), so the picking hand sort of disturbs the radiation of the sound in an interesting way. The Saz has a hole somewhere on the instrument, either at the bottom end or towards the player, so it's also typically louder and less introverted.
We should keep in mind that the Tambour is also used by arvanites in greece for example the Tambour of the famous arvanite warrior Foto Xhavella (Tsavelas) is portrayed in the national museum of Greece.
The Ottoman Tanbur is played by Murat Aydemir, by Özer Özel...what s shown in the clip seems to be a setar. As said there is a variety of long necked strunged instruments.that are called tambours/tanburs.
there is an Arabic proverb or saying " Zad Fil Altanbour Naghaman" which translates as " Has added to the Tanbour more melody" This is usually said when someone is exaggerating praise or compliments to something or someone, as how could you add more melody to this highly melodic instrument.
now you just have to turn on the distortion (kidding!)
You'll pass through airport security if this was found in your baggage and you played those few notes😂
Masha Allah
When you first learn the byzantine scale on guitar
The "Byzantine scale" would be equivalent to a maqam Hijaz Kar in Middle Eastern music. What I am playing here is a Maqam Saba', very different!
more like phrygian b4
I love the sound.❤
That sounds amazing.
fabulous! well done
Please make a video on Yarsanism for your main channel. I've been wanting to learn more about this tradition / group for some time. Not sure how much scholarship there is on them but I'm sure you would know where to look (and I'm willing to bet you already have). Also, what a beautiful instrument. I feel as though its sound would be conducive to altered states of consciousness. Keep up the fantastic work, my friend. Your insightful and accessible videos have been very valuable to me academically and especially on a personal spiritual level
😮oh im in love with this tanbor
I may be able to get that sound on guitar by the tuning CGCCGC. Not sure but ill try
Dope I need one of them.
Whats the difference between this. and a Saz or Baglamar
Generally, saz has three string courses, and they are all doubled, and the melody string is often tripled. The strings are typically steel.
The tanbour has one doubled string and one single string. You play the melody on the doubled string. The strings are often made of very thin strands of a copper alloy that have a very particular sound.
The tanbour has only semitonal frets (like on a guitar) but adjusted to the particular temperament of the song.
The saz has semitonal and quartertonal frets.
The tanbour body is relatively shallow and almost looks like the bottom of a rowing boat.
The saz body has a very deep pear shape to it.
other than that, the tanbour generally has a lighter build with a smaller bridge, which means the string height is lower, so the fingers almost always strike the soundboard of the instrument, which is also perforated (there are holes in it), so the picking hand sort of disturbs the radiation of the sound in an interesting way. The Saz has a hole somewhere on the instrument, either at the bottom end or towards the player, so it's also typically louder and less introverted.
We should keep in mind that the Tambour is also used by arvanites in greece for example the Tambour of the famous arvanite warrior Foto Xhavella (Tsavelas) is portrayed in the national museum of Greece.
The Ottoman Tanbur is played by Murat Aydemir, by Özer Özel...what s shown in the clip seems to be a setar. As said there is a variety of long necked strunged instruments.that are called tambours/tanburs.
there is an Arabic proverb or saying " Zad Fil Altanbour Naghaman" which translates as " Has added to the Tanbour more melody" This is usually said when someone is exaggerating praise or compliments to something or someone, as how could you add more melody to this highly melodic instrument.