Mey (instrument)

For other uses, see Mey (disambiguation).

Mey
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Classification	Double reed
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The Mey is a double-reed aerophone used in Turkish folk music.

It consists of three parts. Ana Gövde (main part), Kamış (reed) and Kıskaç (clip).

Cylindrical in shape and made of wood, the main part has 7 finger holes on its front side, and one finger hole at the back. Meys main part is usually built from the wood of harder trees such as plum, walnut, beech, etc. It has a sound range of about one octave. There are three types of mey: Cura Mey, Orta Mey and Ana Mey.
A double reed (kamış in Turkish) essentially a large and almost flattened cylinder on the mouth side, and conical-round where it is attached to the main part, gives this instrument its characteristic deep sound.
A tuning-bridle called "Kıskaç (clip)" mounted to the end of the reed and pushed up and down on the reed until a position is decided serves to tune the Mey and to prevent alterations in pitch of the sound. A wooden piece similar to "kıskaç" which is called the "ağızlık" covers the part of the reed's mouth, when the Mey is not used in order to preserve or protect it. The size and nature of the reed is dependent on the size and nature of the instrument, but is usually approximately one third the size of the main part.

There are many instruments similar to the Mey in Asia. These are called "Balaban", in Azerbaijan and Iran; "Yasti Balaban" in Dagestan; "Duduki" in Georgia; "Duduk" in Armenia; "Hichiriki" in Japan; "Piri" in Korea; "Guanzi" in China; and "Kamis Sirnay " in Kyrgyzstan.

Musicologists like Farmer (1936: 316) and Picken (1975: 480) have suggested that ancient Mait, Monaulos, and Auloi present major resemblances with the Mey and the other similar instruments. In Hellenistic Egypt, there was an instrument called "Mait" or "Monaulos" which was similar to the Mey and there was another one in Anatolia which was called "Auloi" and its picture was found on a vase.

External links

http://mey.gen.tr/Mey/eng/themey.htm

Turkish musical instruments

String instruments	Bowed instruments Karadeniz kemençe Classical kemençe Yaylı tanbur Rebab/Kabak kemane Sine kemanı Plucked instruments Kanun Çeng Tanbur Ud Cümbüş Ahenk Saz Cura Baglama Komuz Shahrud Rud Lavta Mugni Struck instruments Santur

Woodwind instruments	Zurna Tulum Karkm Dankiyo Gaida Çifte Ney Turkish ney Kaval Sipsi Dilli kaval Dilli ney Mey Taragot Dilli düdük Kargı Düdük Miskal

Percussion instruments	Auxiliary percussion Bendir Cura nagara Daf Davul Darbuka Naqareh Kus Kudüm Nagara Turkish crescent Zill Castanet Spoon

See also	Turkish musical instruments Turkish folk music Ottoman classical music Ottoman military band Music of Turkey

Double reed instruments

(also includes those with quadruple and sextuple reeds; does not include bagpipes)

European classical (modern)	Piccolo oboe Piccolo heckelphone Oboe Oboe d'amore Cor anglais (English horn) Bass oboe Heckelphone Lupophon Contrabass oboe Tenoroon Bassoon Semi contrabassoon Contrabassoon Contraforte Contrabassophone Reed contrabass Sarrusophone Rothphone Tromboon

European classical (historical)	Aulos Baroque oboe Bassanello Cornamuse Cromorne Crumhorn Dulcian Hirtenschalmei Kortholt Oboe da caccia Pommer Rackett Rauschpfeife Shawm

African traditional	Algaita Rhaita Zukra

Asian traditional	Balaban Duduk Guan Gyaling Hichiriki Hne Kèn Kèn bầu Kèn đám ma Kuzhal Mizmar Nadaswaram Ottu Pi Piri Shehnai Sundari Sorna Sralai Suona Taepyeongso Tangmuri Zurna/Surnai

European traditional	Aulos Bifora Birbynė Bombard Catalan shawm Dulzaina Graïle Gralla Musette Piffero Sopila Tárogató Zurla Surma-horn

American traditional	Chirimía Trompeta china

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