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Baglama is an instrument nearly corresponding to the size of a Tambura.
It differs from Tambura in that it is tuned and played to the tunning
called Baglama tunning. Until recently the string had phonic width
of one octave and quarter note on the neck of Baglama as in Tambura.
Recently the neck of this instrument has been shortened reducing the
wideness of the neck to one octave as in the "Saz" used by Asiks in
Azerbaijan in the early times.
On the Baglama two of the strings are tuned to Sol4, the other one
to the sound of Sol3, one of the middle strings to the sound of Do4,
the other one to the sound of Do3, two of the top strings to the
sound of Re4, the other one to the sound of Re3. The loudness changes
according to the player's choice provided that the wideness stays
constant as stated above.
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This is the main instrument used since early times by Turks. It
comes from Central Asia. The drum was taken to Anatolia by the
Seljuk Turks and from there was introduced to Europe by Ottoman
Turks.
The drums can be of various sizes. The big drum is named as Kaba
davul, the small one is called Cura davul or Davulbaz. The big drum is
called Nagara in South east Anatolia.
The drum consists of a hoop and a skin stretched tight over both
sides of this hoop. The hoop can be made of walnut, pine Gokce wood,
fir linden and poplar wood. It is 50 to 90 cm in diameter. On both
sides of the hoop goat or cattle skin is stretched by means of hoop
or strap. The strap can be used for tuning the drum by stretching or
loosening it. The drum is played with a drumstick or mallet. It is
called as Comak, Coven, Cogen, or Metcik. It's made from the root of
a wild pear or an apple tree. The beat of the mallet defines the time
in which the melody is strong. The drumstick is named Zipzipi as
well. It is a thin string made from the branch of cornelian cherry
or juniper wood. The beating of the drumstick with fluent and speedy
movement at the time in which the melody slows down is called Cirpma,
the beating of drumstick with trembled sounds while accompanying
Uzun Hava is called as tunen.
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