Sipsi

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The sipsi is a Turkish woodwind instrument. It is a clarinet-like, single-reed instrument with six finger holes, used mainly in folk music. Its size varies from region to region. The word "sipsi" is probably onomatopoeic, and is related to "zıpçi", meaning "whistle".

The instrument's range is greater than its six finger holes would suggest, the upper being optained by placing the upper teeth on the reed tongue and "sliding" them to make the reed shorter, thus increasing the range to over an octave. The sipsi on the recording I have (baglama and sipsi) is tuned so that the lowest note is F, the scale being F, G , A 1/2 b, Bb, C, D, Eb, but then with the teeth one can get up to Bb above that. those notes being somewhat "iffy".


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