Mr. Engin, let me tell you something. Your English isn’t poor at all. You have a surprisingly good accent and I understood every word you said. I purchased a short neck baglama because of your videos and I’d love to learn to make one someday. Your video content and your craftsmanship is unbelievable. Please keep doing videos in english!
Dear Mr. Engin, congratulation since you have prepared that kind of qualifed video. The ''saz'' families remained as local and authentic over the centuries. I hope will be participated into international instruments by some of international performers that kind of useful studies.
wow thank you so much for this instruction. I love turkish music. As an american I find it hard to learn. I have a cura saz and and trying to teach myself.
Thank you for this video and information Engin. Its very helpful :) In your opinion Would this type of kopuz would be a a good match for playing with With Ud that use Huseyni , Rast and Dugah( B, D and E frequency) as most common Root notes ? And also what kind of Saz would be best to accompany this notes? I Would be grateful if you could help with these questions. My best wishes!
4 года назад
Thank you Oscar. With kopuz, there aren't many options. There may be only one root or two if you take the first string as root too. But in this case kopuz woulnd't sound as nice as if the root is the middle. With a long neck baglama if you tune the first string to B, then you have E and A as roots. But A would sound with like Rast kind makams. So, it's a bit comlplicated. :)
Dear Mr Engin the way you talked in English language is very decent keep doing videos in English or u can mix with turkish, there is a request to u please make a video on the silicone or polyester decoration on the neck the small decorative pieces which are adjusted by polyester on the long stick which I see in baglama please try to define thanks alot
2 года назад+1
Thank you. I don't use those decorations and polyester. I personally don't like them but lots of people like. Polyester is a good durable finish but it should be applied very thin especially on the sound board. Otherwise it dampens the volume. But generally, especially with the cheaper sazs they apply extremely heavy coats. Also another problem with the polyester is it tends to crack because it's hard as glass.
I thought the word "Saz" does also mean "Instrument" in general, but is often used to mean the Baglama specifically? So, "Kopuz" is the same, once more :-D It's funny that you say it is confusing even for native speakers. I've seen heated discussions on youtube about the correct name. And it does not help that there s a Greek instrument, also called Baglama, that has nothing to do with the Turkish version :) I'd love to hear more about the history of Baglama. I know that the short neck version is rather modern. But when did the first long neck Baglamaler appear? I read they were based on older "kopuz" designs in Ottoman era... When I watch turkish "historical" dramas set at Seldjuk times they never use a Baglama, but mostly a Dombira-style instrument. I wonder how historically correct it is? Also, your english is amazingly fluid and sophisticated. Even the accent is more clear then some of the native english dialects are :D
2 года назад+1
Thanks for your nice comment. :) Saz is a Persian word for instrument where kopuz is turkish. Bağlama and saz are used interchangeably. Some people like insist on the name bağlama but saz is also very common between people and Ashiks. Greek baglama is originated from turkish baglama (no i'm not nationalist. I don't care who invented :) But even Bouzuki is coming from the word Bozuk (literally means out of order or broken). Bozuk is both a name for type of saz and a tunning. For instance Lebanese Buzuq is also from same roots. For most of turkish resources, Turks brought baglama from Middle Asia with them. But that's porbably not true or people living in Anatolia had already have some long neck lutes. Kopuz means instruments yes and You can find even bowed instruments called kopuz. But for almost for 3-4 hundered years, kopuz was just a word. Rumi Kopuz (Rumi means Roman therefore Anatolian) and Kolca Kopuz are probably last types disapeared hundred years ago. There was no actual instrument called kopuz up until Erkan Ogur. Besides there are tones of other names like tanbura, cura, çöğür, ruzba, tenbur, ırızva, üç telli, divan... So quite long and rather controversial issue.. If you're interested in this topic i would recommend these books by Hans de Zeeuw www.amazon.com.tr/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AHans+de+Zeeuw&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1
@ yıllardır bağlama aşığıyım halada vaz geçmediğimi anladığım anlar oluyor ek bilgi vereyim ardıç ağacının sevgi oluşturma özelliği varmış yani kokusu doğal frekansı vs ardıç bağlama dada böyle bi şey var galiba. Lakin makam müziği ile ilgilenince türkü bağlama hepsini bi kenara koydum. Tabi yeri ni yine koruyor fakat bu onu 10 a katladı..o nedenle bağlamanın nasıl bir geçmişi olabilirki diye düşünüyorum köklü bi enstrüman gibi gelmior
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5 лет назад
Merhaba, çok teşekkürler. etopuzkanamis@gmail.com adresine yazarsan haberleşiriz. Selamlar.
Mr. Engin, let me tell you something. Your English isn’t poor at all. You have a surprisingly good accent and I understood every word you said. I purchased a short neck baglama because of your videos and I’d love to learn to make one someday. Your video content and your craftsmanship is unbelievable. Please keep doing videos in english!
Thank you for encouraging comment!
Thank you for this video. Don't worry about your English, we (musicians) appreciate any opportunity to learn about new instruments.
Thank you, I'm glad you liked.
Dear Mr. Engin, congratulation since you have prepared that kind of qualifed video. The ''saz'' families remained as local and authentic over the centuries. I hope will be participated into international instruments by some of international performers that kind of useful studies.
Thank you for the very clear and thorough introduction, and greetings from the USA!
Thanks 🙏
This is great instrument. Nice video!
Great job! Very informative
you should make another video in english about ogur sazi
Engin abi sen ne güzel bir insansın 👏🏻
the beautiful mind! good away...
wow thank you so much for this instruction. I love turkish music. As an american I find it hard to learn. I have a cura saz and and trying to teach myself.
Do you have a price list for your kopuz? Thanks
Çok güzel adamsın ya maşallah 🧿
Perfect👌
Thank you for this video and information Engin. Its very helpful :) In your opinion Would this type of kopuz would be a a good match for playing with With Ud that use Huseyni , Rast and Dugah( B, D and E frequency) as most common Root notes ? And also what kind of Saz would be best to accompany this notes? I Would be grateful if you could help with these questions. My best wishes!
Thank you Oscar.
With kopuz, there aren't many options. There may be only one root or two if you take the first string as root too. But in this case kopuz woulnd't sound as nice as if the root is the middle.
With a long neck baglama if you tune the first string to B, then you have E and A as roots. But A would sound with like Rast kind makams.
So, it's a bit comlplicated. :)
Engin Topuzkanamış Thank you Engin for the answers ! Best wishes:)
Dear Mr Engin the way you talked in English language is very decent keep doing videos in English or u can mix with turkish, there is a request to u please make a video on the silicone or polyester decoration on the neck the small decorative pieces which are adjusted by polyester on the long stick which I see in baglama please try to define thanks alot
Thank you. I don't use those decorations and polyester. I personally don't like them but lots of people like. Polyester is a good durable finish but it should be applied very thin especially on the sound board. Otherwise it dampens the volume. But generally, especially with the cheaper sazs they apply extremely heavy coats. Also another problem with the polyester is it tends to crack because it's hard as glass.
@ thank you for your response how i be your student i mean could you teach me i love to make those strings instruments i love so much
I thought the word "Saz" does also mean "Instrument" in general, but is often used to mean the Baglama specifically? So, "Kopuz" is the same, once more :-D It's funny that you say it is confusing even for native speakers. I've seen heated discussions on youtube about the correct name. And it does not help that there s a Greek instrument, also called Baglama, that has nothing to do with the Turkish version :)
I'd love to hear more about the history of Baglama. I know that the short neck version is rather modern. But when did the first long neck Baglamaler appear? I read they were based on older "kopuz" designs in Ottoman era... When I watch turkish "historical" dramas set at Seldjuk times they never use a Baglama, but mostly a Dombira-style instrument. I wonder how historically correct it is?
Also, your english is amazingly fluid and sophisticated. Even the accent is more clear then some of the native english dialects are :D
Thanks for your nice comment. :)
Saz is a Persian word for instrument where kopuz is turkish. Bağlama and saz are used interchangeably. Some people like insist on the name bağlama but saz is also very common between people and Ashiks.
Greek baglama is originated from turkish baglama (no i'm not nationalist. I don't care who invented :) But even Bouzuki is coming from the word Bozuk (literally means out of order or broken). Bozuk is both a name for type of saz and a tunning. For instance Lebanese Buzuq is also from same roots.
For most of turkish resources, Turks brought baglama from Middle Asia with them. But that's porbably not true or people living in Anatolia had already have some long neck lutes.
Kopuz means instruments yes and You can find even bowed instruments called kopuz.
But for almost for 3-4 hundered years, kopuz was just a word. Rumi Kopuz (Rumi means Roman therefore Anatolian) and Kolca Kopuz are probably last types disapeared hundred years ago. There was no actual instrument called kopuz up until Erkan Ogur.
Besides there are tones of other names like tanbura, cura, çöğür, ruzba, tenbur, ırızva, üç telli, divan...
So quite long and rather controversial issue..
If you're interested in this topic i would recommend these books by Hans de Zeeuw
www.amazon.com.tr/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AHans+de+Zeeuw&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1
Isnt the kopuz tuned after the 3 high strings of a guitar?
Well, first and second string is same yes. 4 intervals, like an oud as well. But the upper third is tuned different.
@ True, I should have thought about it more carefully :)
Hopefully I will be able to reach out to you for a Kopuz after Corona
Almanya dan selamlar.
Bezmara albümündeki kopuz değilmi aslında bam sesli oluyor
O, bambaşka bir saz.
@ yıllardır bağlama aşığıyım halada vaz geçmediğimi anladığım anlar oluyor ek bilgi vereyim ardıç ağacının sevgi oluşturma özelliği varmış yani kokusu doğal frekansı vs ardıç bağlama dada böyle bi şey var galiba. Lakin makam müziği ile ilgilenince türkü bağlama hepsini bi kenara koydum. Tabi yeri ni yine koruyor fakat bu onu 10 a katladı..o nedenle bağlamanın nasıl bir geçmişi olabilirki diye düşünüyorum köklü bi enstrüman gibi gelmior
özür dileme hocam , İngilizcen çok iyi ! Ben Amerika’da Doğdum bu yüzden benden al İngilizcen süper 👍 ... Whatapp ın varsa bana bildirin ? Bır sorum var ..
Merhaba, çok teşekkürler. etopuzkanamis@gmail.com adresine yazarsan haberleşiriz. Selamlar.