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Saz / Bağlama

Also known as Bağlama · Turkish long-neck lute

Saz / Bağlama: photograph by Sven Teschke
Photo: Sven Teschke, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, source on Wikimedia Commons

Press fret positions and pluck or strum the paired courses along folk melodies with the characteristic flat-pick tremolo.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Turkey.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Crossroads and Golden Ages (about 500 to 1500), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Mesopotamia, Levant and Arabia.

Sources

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