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In Turkey the term 'kaval' is used generally to refer to all shepherd's pipes and more particularly (though not invariably) to ductless flutes. The presence or absence of a duct is sometimes specified by the addition of a qualification: dilsiz kaval ('kaval without a tongue'), dilli kaval ('kaval with a tongue').
Kaval – An Instrument From The Breath Of the Shepherds. From left to right: Turksih Kaval, Turkish ney and Armenian Blul. “The Kaval has a silky and misty sound that comes from the breath of shepherds and the sounds of trees that get mixed with the wild wind.
- Kanun. The Kanun is a string instrument that was important for Turkish classical music. It is also popular outside of Turkey in other cultures in the Middle East, Asia, and North Africa.
- Baglama (Saz) The Baglama is one of the most popular instruments in traditional Turkish music, and if you visit Istanbul, there is a good chance you will encounter someone playing it on the road or in a subway station.
- Zurna. The Zurna is a woodwind folk instrument that could be considered a relative of the oboe. And like the oboe, it has a high-pitched sound that easily pierces through musical textures.
- Karadeniz Kemenche. Karadeniz is Turkish for the black sea, and the name of the Kemenche is because this instrument is popular in the black sea region of Turkey.
Learn how to play the kaval, a traditional Turkish flute, with this tutorial video. Discover the history, technique and sound of this unique instrument.
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- Halk Eğitim Merkezi Yalova
A Beginner's Guide to Playing the Kaval. Bob Snider. July, 1993. Playing the Kaval. Learning to play the kaval can be very frustrating, and many people probably give up too soon. Most of the difficulty is in making a tone at all.
Kaval is a Turkish folk instrument of the wind type. It is populary known as the instrument of the shepherds. It is also called Guval and Kuval in different regions. The belief that the shepherd leads his sheep flock with his kaval is a wide spread belief among the people.
The Kaval is an end-blown flute and it’s one of the oldest folk instruments in Europe, that’s why its exact origins are not known. It is known, though, that its predecessors are the Egyptian, Syrian and later Greek wind instruments. The word ‘kaval’ itself comes from Turkish and it means “Pipe”.
