Karkm

The karkm is, or was, a type of bagpipe played by the Turkmen people, at least in the late 18th and early 19th century. The name is believed derived from the word for "lance reed", a material also used to make bagpies in Hatay (modern Turkey). The scholar Yalgin noted that the Turkmen believe it was they who introduced the bagpipe to the Arabs.[1]

References

  1. ^ Laurence Ernest Rowland Picken (1975). Folk musical instruments of Turkey. Oxford University Press. p. 548. http://books.google.com/books?id=MYAIAQAAMAAJ. Retrieved 27 April 2011. 
String instruments:

█  Bowed instruments:    Kemençe  • Yaylı tanbur  • Rebab  • Kabak kemane  • Sine kemanı

█  Plucked instruments:    Kanun  • Çeng  • Tanbur (Turkish)  • Ud  • Cümbüş  • Ahenk  • Saz  • Baglama  • Komuz  • Shahrud  • Rud  • Lavta  • Mugni█  Struck instruments:    Santur
Woodwind instruments

█  Exposed:    Zurna  • Tulum  • Karkm  • Dankiyo  • Gaida  • Düdük  • Çifte

█  End-blown:    Ney  • Ney (Turkish)  • Kaval  • Sipsi  • Dilli Kaval  • Dilli ney  • Mey  • Taragot  • Dilli düdük  • Kargı Düdük
Percussion instruments
█  Auxiliary Percussion:   Bendir  • Daf  • Davul  • Darbuka  • Naqareh  • Kus  • Kudüm  • Nagara  • Turkish crescent  • Zill  • Castanet  • Spoon
See also