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Instrument

Perde bağı (fret)

Perde bağı

A tie fixed on the neck of fretted instruments that marks where the finger should press. It is found on the tanbur and bağlama; the oud and cümbüş are fretless.

Related: TanburBağlamaPerde (pitch)

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The definitions were written in our own words, drawing on sources such as the TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, Yılmaz Öztuna's Encyclopedic Dictionary of Turkish Music and Wikipedia; pitch and interval values follow the Arel-Ezgi-Uzdilek system. This content has not yet been reviewed by an expert; if you spot a mistake, please write to us.

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