Turkish musical instruments

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Turkish musical instruments can be broadly classified into five categories, namely Ottoman classical, Western influenced modern, Ottoman Harem Music, Folk music and Roman. Most of Turkish musical instruments spread in the former Ottoman Empires states all over the Middle East, Caucasus, Central Asia and Southern Asia. In ancient era Silk road had an effective role in this distribution.

See also

• Music of Turkey

v • d • e Turkish musical instruments String Instruments : █  Bowed instruments:    Kemenche  • Yaylı tanbur  • Rebab  • Kabak kemane █  Plucked instruments:    Kanun  • Çeng  • Tanbur (Turkish)  • Tar  • Ud  • Cümbüş  • Saz  • Baglama  • Komuz █  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

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