My Saba Saz Semaisi - glimpse of a composition on turkish ney by Lucian Nagy/Introduction to the turkish ney world

Hi steemians,

This composition came out thru one of my favourite instruments ... the turkish ney :-)

While practicing ... enjoying a turkish coffee, ideas/sketches are always flowing thru my mind ... We can express/create sometimes a composition right from a sketch ... an idea ... this is how most of the composers are letting the muse to whisper them the ideas ... it's my humble idea :-)

I was thinking to introduce you inside this wonderful world of the turkish ney ...

The turkish ney is an end-blown reed flute, actually the Ottoman variation of the ancient ney. Along with the turkish tanbur lute and kemençe fiddle, the turkish ney is considered as well, the most typical instruments of classical turkish music. The turkish ney also plays a primary role in the music of the Mevlevi Sufi rites.

The turkish ney comes in many lengths, each producing a different key.

The turkish ney exists under different names, depending on it's "perde" ( the note), in come cyrcles of traditional musicians being determined by the tone produced of its rast perde and in some other circumstances, the pitch being determined using the note (perde) which matches A=440. This pitch is one note higher, mansur ney being A/La rather than G/Sol.

Here is a list with all the names given to the turkish ney, depending on the tonality:

Bolahenk nısfiye
Bolahenk-süpürde mabeyni
Süpürde ney
Müstahsen
Yıldız ney
Kız ney
Kız-mansur mabeyni
Mansur ney
Mansur-sah mabeyni
Şah ney
Davud Ney
Davud-bolahenk mabeyni
Bolahenk ney

The turkish ney i've played on this song is the Kiz ney.

Hope you'll enjoy the music

Have a wonderful week

Regards steemians

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