Expanded Consciousness - Baglama Saz, Handpan and G&L ASAT
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Here is an improvisation on my Turkish baglama saz. I just played whatever came to mind at the time.
Later I added five track on my Roland Handsonic that include a kick drum, cymbols, udu, shakers and bongos.
I also added a handpan track tuned to hijaz scale to add some bass-like bell tones to the mix. The hijaz scale complements the saz tuning perfectly.
The final track is on my G&L ASAT. This guitar is Leo Fender's latest design for the telecaster with beefier sounding soap bar pickups. To get the tone I added a half cocked wah pedal in front of a bit of overdrive along with some reverb and subtle delay.
The overall mood reminds me of a person on a quest to expand their conscious mind and ascend beyond the physical realm of this world. Thanks for listening :-)
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Really nice man, love the saz, it has such a signature sound.
They are so easy to play, almost no action whatsoever to fight with. The only problem is accidentally hitting the surface of the body with the picking hand and making a click noise.
I played in a sufi sema in Yalova, Turkey a couple of years ago, this was my first inspirations for playing turkish/bulgarian musics. There was a guy using a Saz to improvise with a special technique which is uncommon to traditional music (he plays over the top), I even got a recording of some of it here - https://archive.org/details/UzgursSet28July
edit: actually he plays the Cura - but I've not the mind to know the difference. There was plenty of saz going on at that gathering as well.
I've simply settled for attempting to make the guitar and violin sound as easterny as possible (oud, kemenche and using a droning note etc)... otherwise, I'd start my own hoarding instrument shop like you've got over there... lol
I think the only main difference with the cura is the scale length and tuning. Basically the same thing as a saz. That playing method sounds amazing. I've seen a few examples where they use the clicking on the top as part of the rhythm.
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Nice music sound.
Thanks for listening :-)