We proudly present our latest release Ottoman Mehter Zurna which contains professionally played and recorded zurna melodies ready to take your musical experience to the next level! Azerbaijani traditional musical instruments are a family of ancient string, wind and percussion instruments used in the performance of Azerbaijani traditional music. [1] Types of instruments [ edit ]

In 1932, Uzeyir Hajibeyov created an orchestra consisted of Azerbaijani folk instruments. The first tar and kamancha concerts with symphony orchestra were arranged by Haji Khanmammadov. Nowadays, Farkhad Khudyev and Imamyar Hasanov are well-known Azerbaijani kamancha players. In 2013, Farkhad Khudyev performed concert for kamancha with the Youth Music Monterrey County Symphony Orchestra from California dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Khamammadov’s Symphony Orchestra. [8] The instrument which changes between 60 and 30 cm. in length as we have already mentioned is divided into three types according to its sound : Kaba Zurna, Orta Kaba Zurna and Cura Zurna (Zil Zurna). They are generally made from wood of trees such as plums, apricots, walnut, saber etc. KavalZurna is a widely used instrument in Turkey as well as in every country in Central Asia. The individual species are very widely spread among the Middle Eastern and Caucasian peoples. During the archaeology excavations made on the Mingachevir eraz, which is one of the oldest human dwellings, four zurnas prepared from the maral horn were cut. Although the vocal range of the zurna is not very wide, it can be considered a success to sound two octaves. Although the vocal range is narrow, the voice of the zurna is quite loud and striking.

Azerbaijan:: Ney". garabagh.net (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 2018-06-24 . Retrieved 2018-06-24. The Mehter bands were divided structurally into squadrons having a commander called bölükbaşı. The number of these squadrons was equal to the number of the kinds of the musical instrument; squadrons of the zurna players, of the horn players, of the nakkare players, of the cymbal players, of the davul players, of the kös players, of the çoğan players. The "zurna" (also called "surnay", birbynė, lettish horn, surla, sornai, zournas, zurma) is a double-reed outdoor wind instrument, usually accompanied by a davul (bass drum) in Anatolian folk music. Organologically, the zurna differs from the "ney", a quiet double-reed instrument with a plaintive sound compared to the loud, strident zurna. The mey has a reed as large as the body of the instrument compared to the small zurna reed.Tuiduk is a wind instrument (similar to surnai). Turkmen say that Adam who was moulded from clay had no soul. It is said that it was only due to the melodious tuiduk playing Archangel Gabriel could breath life into Adam. According to a Turkmen legend the main role in tuiduk invention was played by the devil (note the term ″devil openings,″ "şeytan delikleri", in Turkish for the small apertures on the bell). There is a ritual of inviting guests for a celebration which has survived from ancient times. Two tuiduk players stand in front each other, point their instruments upwards and play in unison. While doing this they perform magic circular movements which remind that this ritual used to be linked to shamanism. Azerbaijan:: Pipe –tutak". garabagh.net (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 2018-06-24 . Retrieved 2018-06-24. It is most widely used in the Aegean Region the instrument has a total of six melody keys with five on the top and one underneath. ÇifteZurna is a Turkish folk instrument of the wind type. Because of its strong sound it is generally played in the open air, on occasions such as village weddings, sending off the boys to military service, sport encounters, folk dances and similar ceremonial events. It was the first melody instrument of the Mehter teams ( Janissaries Band) in the Ottoman period. It was also used in some traditional theater (orta oyunu) performances. It is generally accompanied with a drum. Because of the difficulty of its intonation and its high sound level, it is not used in musical groups. However, in the recent years it started to be used by some folk music groups. Kemence is an instrument without pitches and and it is possible to get from it all types of chromatic sounds easily. It is generally played by pressing two strings at the same time and getting parallel quarter notes. It is furthermore played with a special technique which is achieved with wrist movements. Zurna The documents reached from the ancient time to the present indicate that yurağ (zurna), sıbızgı (sipsili nefir, the horn), the horn of Hun (şahnay), burguv (the horn), kuğruv (kös), tümrük (davul) ve çeng (the cymbals) were the instruments in the tuğ band of the Turks in the central Asia. Mehter being the Ottoman military music arose in the era of Osman Gazi and had been played in the wars and in the ceremonies organized for various aims everyday in accordance with the custom. There isn’t, however, definite information about this organization until the era of Fatih. With Fatih, while the establishment of the empire was improving, a radical improvement started also in the mehter organization.