Instrument Making (Ud Building) - A. M. Alaskan

Bornova / İzmir

Instrument Making (Ud Building) - A. M. Alaskan

Music has been a means of expression since human existence. Instruments, on the other hand, are the basic material elements of the musical structure. Strings, wind and percussion instruments are frequently used in our traditional music forms in our country. The mastery of these instruments; It requires having technical and aesthetic knowledge as well as mastering subjects such as the main structures of traditional music, performance styles, the effect of the environment in which the performance will take place and the expectations of the participants.


The history

Another member of the stringed instruments family, Evliya Çelebi writes that it was invented by Ali Şah in his Seyahatname. In the making of laws made of trees such as plane, spruce and hornbeam; Especially the preparation of sound box, augerboard and sound cages requires delicacy and care. Today, beams have been replaced by nylon wires. The oud, another instrument with a long history, is usually manufactured using trees such as mahogany and walnut.

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