Turkish music has variety of types depends on the area of north,west,south and east of Turkey.As we live in the north of Turkey,first we will share our special local musical instruments that represents the Turkish people mostly.
KEMENÇE is a local musical instrument in the area of Black Sea Region in the north of Turkey.It is a kind of string instrument that has very fast rhythm accompanied with our local folk dance HORON (which we think something is different,interesting and new for you),enjoy the video,(the singer in the video is my cousin)
Kemençe and Horon..
BAĞLAMA is another type of musical instrument used especially in the south,east and north of Turkey.Here my students create a video for you..
Bağlama and Guitar together... by my students...
Kemençe and Horon are indispensable for Turkish people for any kind of entertainments;festivals,ceremonies,celebrations,graduations and even weddings. Here a video from a small ordinary celebration...And also the people in the video are typical streotypes
And of course modern music is everywhere in Turkey...a short video from our streets in Trabzon :) hope you enjoy...