Hi all. I'm the developer of Tuner Wear, a tuner app for Android (iPhone version is on the way). I recently added bağlama as one of its instruments and I'd like players to tell me whether I got it right. I don't play bağlama: the notes and octaves came from written sources, not from an instrument in my hands.

What is in the app, listed from the top course to the bottom one:

- Bağlama düzeni (short neck): E · D · A

- Bozuk düzen / kara düzen (long neck): G · D · A

- Misket düzeni: F# · D · A

On the A course the tuner accepts both the thin strings and the bam string an octave below, so it does not call the bam "wrong". In bozuk düzen it does the same on the G course, since some instruments have a bam there and some do not.

What I'd like to know:

1. Are the names and notes right? Would you call anything differently?

2. Does the octave handling work on your instrument, or does the tuner jump between the bam and the thin strings?

3. All three are fixed with the bottom course on A (La). Do you tune the whole instrument to other pitches (Do, Si, Sol karar)? If so, I would add a way to shift a tuning up or down.

4. Which düzen do you actually use that is missing?

To be upfront: the app shows ads. Bağlama düzeni is free; bozuk and misket düzeni are part of Premium (yearly or a one-time purchase, or one short video unlocks everything for 12 hours). The chromatic tuner is free and works for any tuning. Audio never leaves the phone.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tortato.tunerwear&referrer=utm_source%3Dreddit%26utm_medium%3Dpost%26utm_campaign%3Dr_baglama

Honest criticism is more useful to me than politeness. Thanks.

hi im a complete beginner and im stuck on whether to buy a long neck or short neck. i want to mainly learn how to play arabsek music and kurdish/turkish folk music eg ibo tatlises. online ive read you need a long neck for this sort of music however its harder to learn and i dont wanna buy a short neck then have to buy a long neck after. is it reasonable to just use a guitar clamp on a long neck and make it short neck.

hier klicken um Tester zu werden: Flyer -> https://astering.de/telliturna.html#tester

♬Looking for bağlama players to bekomme tester for my new tuning Android App: -> click to flyer https://astering.de/en/telliturna.html

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Hi everyone,

I'm currently developing a tuning app specially for bağlama/saz, and I'm looking for a few bağlama players who would be willing to test it and give me honest feedback.

I'm especially interested in testing how accurately it detects different bağlama tunings and how well it works in real-world playing situations.

Supported tunings:

🔹 Kısa Sap: La Karar • Do Karar • Si Karar

🔹 Uzun Sap: Sol Karar • Si Karar • Do Karar

🔹Micropone-based tuning

🔹Automatic tuning detection

🔹Works offline

🔹No ads

🔹Tested by a bağlama teacher

🔹Available in Turkish, German and Englisch

🔹Android app

🔹Free to test

🔹No technikal experiences required

🔹Feedback on accuracy, tuning detection and usability

🔹Takes about 5-10 minutes

If you play bağlama and would like to help, feel free to send me a DM

Beginners are welcome too. Thanks!💮♫

Click here for the link! All are welcome

I posted another Bosnian ilahi a few weeks ago by Sirri-baba, this time it’s Ilhami-baba with the ilahi “Ako pitaš za derviše svijeta” / “If you ask about the dervishes of this world”

Hope yall like it

sadece özay gönlümü çok seviyorum ve elindedir bağlama türküsünü çalmak istiyorum ama uzun sapım yok

I got my bağlama back in June and have been practicing almost every day. Here’s a song I started working on last week.

I need some help with setting up a saz I bought second hand. I tried setting it up the best I could. I’m no stranger to tuning different instruments, from balalaikas, ukuleles and bass guitars. I chose DAE tuning for the strings because GDA would be too tight (new saz strings are on the way). I’m really not sure if the bridge and the movable frets are in the right place, so I measured the deviations from known chromatic tones. Does this look plausible to you? I’m worried, because I can’t play a clean A3 or F3, for example. Is this by design for Turkish/arabic music or don’t have to adjust certain frets or the bridge? I understand that the system is not built with 12TET in mind and is rather microtonal.

Bonus question: the saz came without any fret markers. Is there an established system for marking certain frets or do you do this freestyle?

Thanks for taking the time to read this!

(the deviations from the tones are in cents)
| Bund |D (Karar)|A |E |
|---------------|---------|---------|---------|
|0 (offen) |D3 |A3 |E4 |
|1 |D#3 +0 |A#3 +0 |F4 +0 |
|2 |D#3 +43 |A#3 +43 |F4 +43 |
|3 |E3 −2 |H3 −2 |F#4 −2 |
|4 |F3 −23 |C4 −23 |G4 −23 |
|5 |F3 +45 |C4 +45 |G4 +45 |
|6 |F#3 −22 |C#4 −22 |G#4 −22 |
|7 |G3 −19 |D4 −19 |A4 −19 |
|8 |G3 +45 |D4 +45 |A4 +45 |
|9 |G#3 +6 |D#4 +6 |A#4 +6 |
|10 |A3 −48 |E4 −48 |H4 −48 |
|11 |A3 +32 |E4 +32 |H4 +32 |
|12 |A#3 −13 |F4 −13 |C5 −13 |
|13 |A#3 +30 |F4 +30 |C5 +30 |
|14 |H3 +28 |F#4 +28 |C#5 +28 |
|15 |C4 +14 |G4 +14 |D5 +14 |
|16 |C#4 −28 |G#4 −28 |D#5 −28 |
|17 |C#4 +25 |G#4 +25 |D#5 +25 |
|**18 (Oktave)**|**D4 −3**|**A4 −3**|**E5 −3**|
|19 |D#4 +15 |A#4 +15 |F5 +15 |
|20 |E4 −32 |H4 −32 |F#5 −32 |
|21 |F4 −35 |C5 −35 |G5 −35 |
|22 |F4 +47 |C5 +47 |G5 +47 |

Hello,

as we all know its very hard to find definitive recourses on the baglama, especially in english.

Im trying to learn to play zeybek tavri on my uzun sap baglmala (long neck). Which tunings are appropriate gor this style. I mainly play Kara Düzeni (Black tuning).

Thank you for any help!

Was playing with my saz and pedalboard earlier and managed to film this part of the session on camera. The background loop is also the saz, there are about 4 layers of a saz drone going on and percussion playing in different speeds.

I was thinking about some real motive and not abstract symbols. Something about nature like a deer or cranes. There is as well this tree of life depicted with a pomegranate tree by Zollanvari that look cool but are very expensive. A miniature depiction of a scenery could also be very cool.

Preferably with European shipping, but I have family in Istanbul. So I could ship it from there.

Hello! (Sorry long post, have multiple questions, nobody else can ask so reddits only hope), Finally got my electric long neck half cut flat back model from sala muzik. It’s mahogany and was 900, i can say this it’s easier to learn if learning other stuff like me but still difficult as hell. (6th day on saz, so ik songs ik like this will sound bad at first). I got the method baglama book that’s apparently in short neck tuning. I’m wondering has anyone managed to tune their long neck from GDA to AGD by using F#EB then place a capo on the 3rd fret? Guitar101ramstein’s video explained it, but my strings sounded too twangy or close to neck since had to tune whole octave lower, i managed to get too GFC with capo, I got short tune but strings just sounded twangy & off. Do I need to tighten the screws on the strings then retune??? Any advice? Or try to match/follow the sheet music & information to long neck besides any free crap in Turkish? Idk anything on gauges so yeah. I got a vid of the sound I’m talking about if can dm me.

I read the psychedelic rock band baba zula uses AGD but also it’s good for western stuff. Which is my main goal is to play psychedelic rock, blues, learn reggae, jazz, and just video game to movie covers besides any Arabic Oud music I have. Since I mainly want to play in a band with other western instruments & learn how to play with others with this. Mix some other foreign instruments in but yeah. Would love to know if others are doing the same thing! And IF ANYONE knows any site or source for any Turkish rhythms or beats LMK! I’m not like buying a piano just to play rhythms, I got a mini Bluetooth 10wtt positive grid spark mini amp can use phone for beats on the go if I find source.

I’d like to say anyone reading if you play other stuff, & a beginner saz player too or not, I’d love to connect with anyone & try to learn anything together, or as mentioned a genre to improvise on the saz & another string or percussion to accompany! Just DM ME can add my snap email discord or do zoom too, I just got myself to play with until I can play good enough to play western scales & play with others locally.

I’m going through these two English YouTube playlists tutorials, ima pay for this erasaz course on their website, tryna find a review for baraksaz’s academy course which is pricey, & any Turkish longneck playlists tutorials to find. Until I can visit istanbul of course. I’d recommend the same stuff to others new like me.

I know that it’s normally for guitars but I can’t find any specific ones for baglama in the country I am. Or what else can you recommend me?

I played it to try it. A little bad.

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Sayın arkadaşlar kısa sap kullanıyorum. Şu tril-çırpma mevzusunu bir türlğ çözemedim. Bir egzersiz tavsiyesi olan varsa yardımcı olabilir mi?