Saz 2602333 226096800 2008-07-16T20:27:14Z 85.100.42.44 {{Refimprove|date=June 2007}} {{Merge|Bağlama|date=December 2007}} {{otheruses4|the music instrument|the rap artist |Sameh Zakout}} {{Infobox Instrument |name=Saz |names= |image=Baglama turc manche long.jpg |classification= *[[Plucked string instrument]]s |range= |related= * [[Bouzouki]] ([[Greece]]) * [[Buzuq]] ([[Lebanon]]) *[[Tambura]] *[[Šargija]] *[[Kabak saz]] *[[İkitelli]] *[[Üçtelli]] }} [[image:Tamburasaz-Baglamasaz.jpg|right|250px]] The '''saz''' (from [[Turkish language|Azerbaijan]]: {{rtl-lang|fa|ساز}} {{lang|fa-Latn|''saz''}}) is a family of [[plucked string instrument]]s, popular in [[Iran]], [[Turkey]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Armenia]] and the [[Balkan countries]]. According to ''[[Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians|The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians]]'', "the terms '[[bağlama]]' and 'saz' are used somewhat interchangeably in Turkey, applied to a long-necked [[lute]] of folk traditions; the [[Tanbur (Turkish)|tanbūr]] (distinguished as the 'great' tanbūr) is a larger instrument of [[art music]]."<ref name=grove>{{NewGrove2001|Tanbūr|Scheherezade Qassim Hassan<!--presumably an Arabic name, in which case "Last name, First name" may be incorrect -->, R. Conway Morris, John Baily, Jean During|xxv|pp. 61-62}}</ref> The saz is descended from the ''kopuz''; this is a generic name for several forms of stringed instrument. The Saz is used in [[Ottoman classical music]], [[Turkish folk music]], [[Kurdish music]], [[Music of Azerbaijan|Azeri music]], [[Sevdah|Bosnian sevdah music]], and [[Music of Iran|Persian music]]. == See also == *[[Alevi]]sm *[[Hicaz Hümâyun Saz Semâisi]] *[[Kurdish music]] *[[Šargija]] *[[Tambura]] *[[Tanbur]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commonscat|Sazs}} *[http://home.swipnet.se/~w-35053/sazandb.htm Saz and Bağlama] &mdash; from the Turkish Net Club (in [[Turkish language|Turkish]] and [[English language|English]]) *http://muzmer.sdu.edu.tr/index.php?dosya=uctelli&tur=1 *http://muzmer.sdu.edu.tr/index.php?dosya=ikitelli&tur=1 *http://muzmer.sdu.edu.tr/index.php?dosya=kabaksaz&tur=1 {{Iranian musical instruments}} {{Turkish musical instruments}} [[Category:Iranian musical instruments]] [[Category:Lutes]] [[Category:Turkish musical instruments]] [[Category:Armenian musical instruments]] [[Category:Azerbaijani musical instruments]] [[Category:Serbian musical instruments]] [[Category:Bosnian musical instruments]] [[Category:Macedonian musical instruments]] [[Category:Turkmen musical instruments]] {{string-instrument-stub}} [[bs:Saz]] [[cs:Saz]] [[da:Saz]] [[de:Saz]] [[fr:Saz]] [[he:סאז]] [[ja:サズ]] [[pl:Saz]] [[pt:Saz]] [[ru:Саз (музыкальный инструмент)]] [[sv:Saz]] [[tr:Bağlama]] [[crh:Saz]]