Saz

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Saz

Classification
Plucked string instruments
Related instruments
Bouzouki (Greece) Buzuq (Lebanon) Tambura Šargija Kabak saz İkitelli Üçtelli

The saz (from Azerbaijan: ساز‎ saz) is a family of plucked string instruments, popular in Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia and the Balkan countries. According to 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 tanbūr (distinguished as the 'great' tanbūr) is a larger instrument of art music."^[1] 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, Azeri music, Bosnian sevdah music, and Persian music.

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^ Scheherezade Qassim Hassan, R. Conway Morris, John Baily, Jean During. "Tanbūr", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. S. Sadie and J. Tyrrell (London: Macmillan, 2001), xxv, pp. 61-62.

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Sazs

v • d • e

Bowed	Ghazhak · Kamāncheh · Robāb

Plucked	Barbat · Chang · Dotār · Qānūn · Robāb · Sallāneh · Sāz · Setār · Tanbūr · Tār · Ūd · Shurangiz

Struck	Santur

Exposed	Darāy · Sornā · Karnay · Shehnai · Narmeh-ney · Dozaleh · Ney anban

End-blown	Haft Band · Nāy (Ney) · Sheypur

Auxiliary

v • d • e Turkish musical instruments

String Instruments :	█ Bowed instruments: Kemenche • Yaylı tanbur • Rebab • Adapazarı kemane • Kars kemane • Bafra kemane • Yörük kemanesi • Tırnak kemane • Iklık █ Plucked instruments: Kanun • Çeng • Tanbur (Turkish) • Tar • Ud • Cümbüş • Saz • Gopuz █ Struck instruments: Santur

Woodwind instruments :	█ Exposed: Zurna • Tulum • Dankiyo • Gaida • Düdük • Çifte █ End-blown: Ney • Ney (Turkish) • Kaval • Sipsi • Dilli kaval • Dilli ney • Mey • Taragot • Dilli düdük • Kargı Düdük

Percussion instrument :	█ Auxiliary Percussion: Bendir • Daf • Davul • Darbuka • Naqareh • Kus • Kudüm • Nagara • Turkish crescent • Zill • Castanet

See also:	Turkish musical instruments • Turkish folk music • Ottoman classical music • Ottoman military band • Music of Turkey