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He was born and raised in a small village. His father was also a musician. Neşet Ertaş learnt to play violin and baglama at a young age. With his father, they played at weddings. After he moved to Istanbul, he recorded one of his father’s songs and started to became known. He sings and plays anonymous folk songs alongside with his own songs. At...

Baglama vs bouzouki. These two string instruments are belong to two similar yet different cultures. They are both from long-necked lute family. Although modern day bouzouki resembles more to mandolin, it is deeply connected with baglama.

Musicians passionately love their instruments. Doesn’t matter if professional or amateur, every musician thinks their instruments as if a limb of their own.  Sometimes they can cost a lifetime worth of savings, and sometimes even though they are not that really expensive, it could give the music lovers a hard time to purchase that musical instrument. That’s why once you have that musical instrument...