Rock & Pop What instrument is the lead guitarist playing?

[ProfJames]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWx-7fHdp7I

 

[Nick Wyver]

Baglama I think.

 

[ProfJames]

Love the sound

 

[altissimo]

it's a Turkish Saz - which seems to be just another name for the Baglama...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu_Edmonds

 

[ProfJames]

Two questions - is it different to a guitar?
Does an oboe have similr fingering to a sax? Are they difficult to play or easier to play if you can play sax?

 

[altissimo]

1 - it's tuned differently - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bağlama#Ba.C4.9Flama_tunings
2 - err, not really

 

[ProfJames]

Slightly changing the thread...are there many oboe players on the forum?

 

[Nick Wyver]

Are they difficult to play?

Yes.

 

[Vlad]

Slightly changing the thread...are there many oboe players on the forum?

I used to play the ( related) Bassoon, which is a great fun instrument despite what some say !

 

[Tenor Viol]

Looks a bit like a cittern, or possibly a bandora...

Double reed instruments are as I understand it, harder to play and are fussier about embouchure....

 

[altissimo]

Lu Edmonds talks about the Saz -

 

[kevgermany]

The oboe, unlike the clarinet, never benefitted from having its keywork modernised to the Boehm system. They're not world's apart, but...

And then you've got the double reed/tight embouchure/high lung pressure to deal with.

A friend teaches oboe and accordion. Funny how similar they can sound. What really surprised me is how natural the oboe can sound playing Bandoneon parts from Piazzola.

 

[Vlad]

I didn't find blowing the bassoon a great challenge really , people seem a bit leery of double reeds, I just found a couple that worked and played with 'em without fussing too much..... after saxophone I thought the bassoon as a thing to play was fairly intuitive, ..although of course you've got bass clef to deal with and the named notes are under different fingers !