Ismayil Meqchiyev: "If the tanbur (a string instrument) will become world-famous, it will forget me."
So this guy had a stroke about twenty years. And with only one arm, he builds these amazing hollowed out instruments from one single block of wodd. Made himself a special tool to carve out the wood.
Inspiring.
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Sad for sure, I'm sure over the last 40-50 years or so, and in the next 20 plus, we'll lose a lot of culture, art, music due to know one carrying on or even worse, caring about, old world tradition, history, hell, I don't even have the words to describe just how sad some things will be when lost forever.
You and I and many others see one thing, others will see nothing or clutter and old wood.
Thanks for sharing
Those are just pretty.
Hopefully there is a desire to pick up on the older traditions still. It only takes a few to keep something going barely..
Thank you for your comments.
I am in the process of making a baglama right now, but as soon as I am done I will try to bruild a tanbur
there are still plenty of makers of this popular Turkish instrument out there. Makers and players.
I hope this guys amazing efforts gave him joy for entire life.
Here's a strumming technique for all you finger pickers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN1oaWDu_vY
totally awesome! I've watched sever vids on Youtube. It appears these instruments can have as few as three strings up to eight. Each instrument however is played the same. One our two solo strings with the rest being drone. The eight string vid I watched was in Turkish? Nor sure. But watching him it was easy to see he was talking about the different ways to use the drone strings to achieve chord changes.
eight string played with a stick like pick.
I can go one forever listening to this stuff. LOVE middle east and Gypsy music.
Me too. I love middle east. I even married a Hungarian, so go figure.
I have been listening to Marcos Vamvakaris in a loop since September. I warn you it is addictive.
TOTALLY AWESOME! Thanks for the link. Real gypsy music. Greek music ROCKS!
I am so dumb. I meant to say Eastern European and wrote Middle East. Thank heavens I am not a politician.
Vamvakaris is the man in Rebetiko music.
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