Abdurehim Heyit — Uyghur Dutar Master

[LordParsi]

I love this music. And the background as well. It is very Persian.

[Cartelle8]

@LordParsi you cant say THEY ARE PERSIAN

they are uygurs and thats all.

you can say in central asia are the people persish mixed...but they are not persian

the ottomans extended to north africa where arabs living BUT I CANT SAY they are all turks ?!

uyghurs are fromn the oghus tribe like turkmens and turkey

[LordParsi]

@Cartelle8 Which are in Ancient Persia.

[LordParsi]

The Uyghurs are of Persian descent. I love the music by the way.

[hideare]

@LordParsi No they are not???

You cant both really love this music and make a stupid comment like this. Just google "uyghur" and see if there is any mention of persian descent...please dont try to spoil beautiful videos by racist comments.

[LordParsi]

@hideare Yes they are. The Persian Empire extended all the way to where the Uyghurs (Persians) live currently. they are Persians. So please, don't spoil this beautiful Persian Music by racist, inappropriate comments. Besides, dutar is Persian for du- two and tar-strings. Two strings!!!

[Sulik94]

@LordParsi

We Uyghurs is a Turkic tribe. Turks and Persians have been living as neighbors since the ancient times therefore have influenced each other. The famous Turkic linguist and scholar Mehmud Kashgari who liven in Kashgar in the 11th century mentioned in his famous book "Khutatku Bilig" that Persian and Turkic cultures and languages were influencing each other and competing for dominance in Central during his time a thousand years ago. We consider ourselves Turk, that is what counts.

[LordParsi]

@Sulik94 Ok, then. Think that way, but you are still Persian. You cannot drag yourself from your ancestral roots.

[uighurbiz]

@LordParsi parisians is descent of Turkicks, cause Turkicks f****ed ur grandmother many times, u can learn it in ur history.

[LordParsi]

@uighurbiz First of all, yoiu are very rude. Second of all you are wrong. I am not Turkic, neither are you. We are all Persian

[0Tengiz0]

Long Live Turkic Nations, Long Live Uighurs!...

Long Live Eternal Steppes And Altai...

[samid91]

Wonderful, Wonderful, Wonderful,

BRAVO Uzbek people,

BRAVO Uzbek Music,

Thank you so very much michaeldmanning for uploading this magnificent piece.

[MrArianous]

SUPER!!! Thank You for this beautiful composition!

[MirzoShokhrukh]

great music!

[bhht91]

subhanallah

[darkmoma]

The Call of Dutar

[DrSporatious]

the power of the riff compels us

[skullfaced5555]

wow this sounds nice but Bengali dutara sounds better not that this is not good it is awesome

[TwoTube2]

I really enjoyed this performance. I play guitar and when my acoustic lost 4 strings, because I couldn't restring it at the time, I just played on the two remaining. It was very fun, and somehow lends itself well to Spanish or Middle-Eastern style playing. I think I'd have a lot of fun playing a dutar.

Would the dutar have greater amplification with a sound-hole in the centre, like a lute or guitar? If so, why is this not done? :/

[jrdscrgn]

@TwoTube2 The dutar has a sound hole at the bottom of the body. Near the player's right knee.



[ojutan]

very nice melody... thanx fur uploading....

[1955thekeeper]

Bravo!

[VizardMaskedSoldier]

Guys... just because something has a Persian name does not make it Persian...

Say it's like the Jew's harp, a pure Turkic-Mongolian instrument but it has NOTHING to do with judaism or jews at all!!

Dutar is a Turkic instrument. That's it.

[Pomegranatem]

tardu akhun? where can I find his recordings?

[GIadiator]

The whole video i stared at the screen to see the hat as his hairstyle...xD

btw nice playing!

[rambadibow]

I once took all but two strings off a guitar and proceeded to play like this. Oh and I thought I was being so original..

[DrSquidley]

i play guitar, so i find this pretty cool

[mudinmykips]

OMFG that noob!! Attach four more strings and play it in expert mode! :C

[TheHAHAfail]

This is sweet! That guy has to have some huge effin' blisters!!!!

[slowdog294]

Masterful playing. Beautiful tone.

[unstable112]

Originally a mogolian instrument

People originating from mogolians still use it, turks, turkmenians, kozaks, some chinese and northern afghans.

[BukurDava]

@unstable112 Mmmm i would say that persians used first... Dotar means in farsi: 2 strings. Hehehe i know, turks always say everything is them.

[azmhyr]

@unstable112

"Originally"?

Just look at the string instruments the mongols are using now.

They look exactly like chinese instruments. The modern day mongols were influenced by the Yuan dynasty heavily and have adopted much from them, architecture, dress, music and etc.

[DystopianEmpire01]

Awesome.

So much range and expression from only two strings.

Beautiful scenery,excellent playing, nice video.

[Daski69]

Is this a saz?

[ErhanAbi]

@Daski69 No it's a dutar.

[0Tengiz0]

Yaşa! Bu tellerden çıkan nağmelerde Türk'ün kudreti var!...

[rhokdatroll]

skills

[Dracanic]

were can I find a Dutar!? haha i am in the market for a dutar but i am finding it very illusive here in north america.

[pristineex]

@Dracanic try Fermont California... ;)

[denizbeyaz85]

I find it so charming...

[alisminisokbiyerine]

turkiye turkleri daha çok uygur kökenlidir. uygurlar oguzların bir boyudur. merake den istanbul universitesi islam öncesi turk tarihi kursusune sorsun.

[alacengel]

Amazing tune. I love it. Uighurs must get their freedom from the despotic Chinese....It is amazing to notice how wide the Turkic world is!

[OuzTrkmn]

Orhan babanin Uyguruuuuuu :-D

[liamstoaster]

Either this guy is plain brilliant or he has been studying those two strings since before he was born. Thanks for posting this; even for an eclectic listener like me, this is a broadening listen.

[karaulkhan]

Uyghurian and Hungarian brothers forever!

[YooTubeSucksMegaCock]

this guy is badass. i wish i could hear this on the radio

[zagroos1]

چقدر زیباست ، استاد دستت در نکند ، همیشه موفق باشی

[moiadresUSSR]

a beautiful play. i cant stress that enuff

[moiadresUSSR]

why.... why do i <3 all our turkic brothers so much? ))

[mudralicancelik]

This is great techno :D master:D

[pauljmeyer1]

I will have to listen many times as there is much more then is first apparent.

[gunduzhan]

Ellerine saglik ustad. // Respects to the master.

Turkiye'den selamlar.

[alisminisokbiyerine]

dutar- guitar- gitar.?

[KursadTurkoglu]

Latincede yer alan kelimelerin çoğu Ural Altay dillerinden geçmedir ( efsanelerle yaşayan yunanlılar ve tarihsiz batılılar ın iddea ettiklerinin aksine ) zaten geri kalanları ise "vahşi" batılıların uydurma yuvarlama dejenere ettikleri kelimelerden oluşmaktadır. Dilin kökü Orta Asyada doğmuştur. Resimden yazıya geçiş orta asyadan başlamıştır, medeniyet orta asyada yükselmiş, bilim ve insanlık değerleri buraların temellerinşi oluşturmuştur.

[zaferhangul]

Hello From Turkiye bros!!

[ZuzerHun]

omg. a style uncomparable to any other string instrument. greetings from magyarország, brothers!

[moiadresUSSR]

!! ))

[Jamokai]

We the Turks make music for the soul,the ching chong makes baby-stew,with human babies that is.disgusting creatures u ching chong..

[Borat911]

Freedom and glory for all the Uyghur people !!!  You will forever be in my mind and heart !!!

PS: Greedy chinks must leave Uyghuristan, or show some respect

[DARIADOUCHKALIOUBOV]

ХОРОШИЙ ПЕЙЗАЖ

КРАСИВАЯ МУЗЫКА

[Diodredai]

Greetings from Hungary! Indo-Iranian brotherhood for ever! Hang in there cousins!

[VizardMaskedSoldier]

We are not Indo-Iranian or Aryan we are ALTAIC!

Keep your greets for yourself. Turks have no other friend than Turks.

[mrmotun]

we are not indo-iranian dude!

[Diodredai]

@mrmotun Turkic people are relatives of the indo-iranian people, thus gene test prove this, Uhygurs and magyars are a 45.67% similarity in their genepool Turks have a 23.23%

[mrmotun]

@Diodredai

Turkic people are altaic and not indo-iranian.

We are not animals.

In your land there are a lof of slavic and german tribes and the rest can be just Turkic but you are not Turkic.

[0112337]

Uyghurs and Turks are a great people. You can hear their great, proud spirit in their music.

[DRAGOVODA]

WOW! He is like touching with his fingers my heart !

Bless you for uploading this.And bless him for his grace !

[SultanUyghur]

Amazing Amazing, So Sad & Beautiful.

: |

Freedom For The Uyghur Turks

[drumbambam]

türk halk el elle vermemiz lazim

[sadrazam666]

Şu ana kadar dinlediğim en iyi kopuz çalan kişi çok güzel çalıyor.

[Dracanic]

ive been searching for a dutar for ages... even my friends who frequent Turkey have been unable to find one for me. any one have any sources?

[orfaust]

try with ebay

[nosorog91]

beutiful music & view

[o0dYnAmiT0o]

wow very nice

turks 4 ever

[Sulik94]

When I was growing up in Kashgar every family had a dutar. Our family had one too, passed down three generations. My mother was absolutely hearbroken when I broke it trying to take down from a hook on the wall when I was 8 or 9. We never replaced it (could not afford at that time) and I never got a chance to learn it.

I grew up listening to the music of this artist. He is absolutely the best of the best. He was hugely popular among Uyghurs, peasants and others alike, in Kashgar.

[Dracanic]

ive been searching for a dutar for a long time. i recently picked up a saz, (easy to find) i have some videos of me playing it. i have recently fallen in love with the dutar and would LOVE to have one, do you happen to have any idea on how i could get one?

[Sulik94]

I do not know any place outside of China sells dutar. I know people brought dutar to US when they visited home. I am not sure if it is safe to ship from East Turkistan, probably not. I wish I could help you on this. sorry.

[theoriginalmcsquare]

kazakhstan is about the only other place you may find one, if not i highly recommend getting a saz or a dombra (also called dumbira) they have a similar design and an equally beautiful sound

[nesetci66]

ISTE KASGARIN NESEDI

[TuranianWarrior1]

Long live our Turkic Uyghur brothers. Greetings from Turkiye!

[bltsrmsqt]

I am not Turkish but I have known many Turks and I admire and respect their traditions and values.

To me they are like aristocrats.............SAG OL!

[Auulxalyany]

China will go down, just like all evil empires do.

Long live Uyghuristan and the Turkic peoples.

[osmanoman]

FUCK CHINA!

[sebizzle1]

where can i get this music?

[Jackpotttt67]

masallah beautiful

[xavagolxD09]

what lake is this???

[protdeaf]

I think it is Tian Chi Lake (Heavenly Lake) They say it is 1.5 hour from Urumqi, Xinjiang.

[ESENLERT3AM]

YAŞA BÜYÜK TÜRK'LER

BİG TURK'S

[sayrang]

I don't think you really get the point, if you have the heart to understand the music, you can find beauty even in the music that played only with a single string. you sonds more silly to me actually. i am touched, it's a nice music.

[sayrang]

i am objecting "CelticMonkey88" 's post by the way.

[IsisCandy]

i cant describe how i feel when i am listening to uyghur or other turkic music...its like a mix of proudness and happiness and...ahh i dont know...

Greets and Love to East Turkestan!!

[Ezzedeen01]

Is this a sad song :(

[nadirtalas]

Büyük Abdurehim Heyit. Büyük Uygur. Türk uygarlığının sahibi yüce ulus. Tanrıdan dilerim tez zamanda özgür olursunuz.

[kemalettin5]

TURKISTAN a SELAM

YASA TURKIYE yasa TURAN

[karasuturan]

Turan. Eninde sonunda, TURAN. O kadar.

[kombarbaev]

Bruno99999 - give me ur email, ill send you!

[Bruno99999]

Does someone mybe know are there any mp3 files of Abdurehim Heyit on the internet? Beautiful music.

[FatihSultanMehmet2]

Süper. Insan bir acayip oluyor. Her zaman ileriye bakacaksin , ve Hic bir zaman gecmisi unutmayacaksin. Dedemiz OSMANLI babamiz MUSTAFA KEMAL. Bütünlükten kuvvet dogar. Malesef bazilari bunu hala anlamis degil. Kendi toprak pesinde.

[acerb45666555]

it sounds fine! he do a great job!! 5*****

[Arslanakhun]

Thx for clip!!! Very beautiful!

Michael, if you didn't know the song's name it's "Ana elliyi" which means Mother's baby))) I think it will be better if you rename it as it is right;).

Peace!

[Heverci]

The more correct translation of the title of the song is "mother's lullaby".

[Arslanakhun]

Yes you're quite right!!!

Topmu toghra! :)

[POWERTURAN]

turkestan song :) very nice

[harpoxfi]

how come all the videos from this guy are playbacks... would like to actually see him play what i hear.

brilliant stuff anyway!

[hulalalululu]

都他尔只有两根絃，但弹出的曲子，能颤动你的心灵。

[kgTurk]

lol the enemy is chinese communism and their policies of demographic change, cultural assimilation and their militant settlements.

[clockworkdreams]

The communist Chinese are pretty imperial. Mao would roll in his grave.

[jimthecelt]

All of you idiots, stop fighting! Turkish, Greek, Arab, Persian, and Mogolian music are ALL beautiful! I am Irish and American, and I say that the true enemy is American capitalism and militarism! Yasasin Turkiye ve Persia ve Arabia ve kazakhstan ve Uyghurstan ve Armenia ve Mongolia ve Kurdistan ve Islam ve Christianity ve Judaism

[miighankurt]

Warning about the Muafik Barsbeg, look what he wrote: Barsbeg youtube user said: NEVER EVER - MUSLIM ISLAM - ARABIC PERSIAN BASTARDS!!! YOU LL NEVER SUCCED WITH YOUR TURK-ISLAM YNTHESIS!!!! TONYUKUK IS TURK AND NOT ARAB-NATIONALIST-COLONIALIST-M­OHAMMAD! GO TO MEKKA YOU ARAB-BASTARD!

[RolfLarsson]

Flawless.

[clockworkdreams]

Victory

[kgTurk]

Agreed. Very beautiful.

[Bloodym4a1]

this is turkish music my friends this is our culture, we have more culture than any other nation on this earth , it is beautiful to see my relatives

[RolfLarsson]

No such thing as "more culture," arkadaş.

[RolfLarsson]

And this music is actually very Arab and Persian inspired. Purer Turkic music is to be found in Mongolia and Kazakhstan.

[kgTurk]

How so? and how do u define purer forms of Turkic music from lesser forms? Both the instrument and melody are Turkic origin. The fact it may appear different from styles in Mongolia and Qazaqistan is more to do with the evolving nature of music than foreign influence. Lesser or purer doesnt matter.

[RolfLarsson]

This music obviously shows influence from Persian and Arabic music. On the other hand, Turkic cultures which have not had much contact with Arabic or Islamic musical culture show similarities among themselves, and from this it can be deduced that these cultures have a style of music that has not been influenced by Persian/Arabic music. Hence, that they likely demonstrate a musical tradition that has not had much foreign influence on it in quite a while.

[kgTurk]

Rolf, i dont mean to nitpick or anything, but can u tell me where the arabic and where the persian influence is? Both those cultures have been influenced by Turks as much as they have influenced turkic culture. The difference in style to Qazaq or Mongolian music is because of the evolution of music among a people in such a wide area of land. Listen to different styles of Qazaq music, Siberian music and so on. They all have differences but they all share the same roots. Uyghurs dont differ.

[RolfLarsson]

They differ widely. Kazakh and Mongol music uses a lot of pentatonic scales, while Uyghur music is heavily rooted in the Phrygian mode.

The Kazakhs had very little contact with the Arab/Persian world, and their music shows this. The Uyghurs had much contact with the Arab/Persian world, and their music shows this.

I stick by my analysis.

The Uyghurs have had much more contact with

[kgTurk]

i dont think u got wat i meant since u never asnwered my question. doesnt matter.

Anyway pentatonic scales are found thruout the world. As for Phrygian mode, u mean Kurdish mode? Persian or Arab.

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re wat i previously wrote. im not sayin there is no outside influence just that it goes both ways and u cant overemphasize one (or 2 lol) foreign influence more than it deserves.

[clockworkdreams]

Ill add on that Phrygian mode takes its name from the location in anatolia, which was under byzantine/turk rule and that Uyghur music has more in common with Kurds than Persians.

The Phrygian mode wasn't exactly unknown to most cultures, it just was passed over in some places, like the Dorian mode only to a lesser degree.

Ill also add that Uyghur music has something in common with Kurdish music but almost nothing in common with Arabic OR Persian music and very little in common with Turkic music.

[clockworkdreams]

Anyhow as for turkic people east of the near east... Kazakhs were so all over the damn place that you cannot say they didn't pick up influences from Cossacks, Chinese, Uyghur, or Mongols. Not only that but the Kazakhs were under Mongol dominion for a while and subject to the Mongol efforts toward integration.

Any other Turkic peoples you want to point out? The Uyghur didn't interact and more or less than any other turks save for the seven cities era and the Mongols aren't exclusively Turkic.

[GeezIdontknowOmg]

Influenced turks by what way? I dont see anything new in turkey other than the language they speak. The turkics only influenced their blood.

The instrument is of iranian origin (Dutar, literally meaning 2 strings in persian), and the scales sound anatolian-iranian.

[clockworkdreams]

Just going to comment here too since the focus is different.

Phrygian mode is NAMED after a place that falls well within the bounds of Byzantine and Ottoman holdings.

One might also point out that your analysis denies the possibility of parallel evolution in musical theory.

Infact isn't this the wrong place to present such arguments at all seeing as A.H. has such a distinctly different style from even the average Uyghur dutar player.

I digress, the Seven Cities were a trading hubs so...

[clockworkdreams]

Also good to note that the kazaks held trade hubs on the silk road and would have had plenty of contact in such areas, beyond that they were even part of the uyghur holdings in antiquity... also good to note that the uyghur "equivalents" of even western Turkic instruments aren't equivalent at all.

[tarakkiyot]

First of all, Kazakh and Mongolian tunes are also very similar to this.

Second, if you are introduced to these tunes through Arabs and Persians, it does not mean Turks took it from them.

Thrid, any type of cultural interaction happens in two-way manner rather than one-way.

Four, it is wrong to assume Mongolians and Kazakhs have come here somehow purely. Their tunes might have been influenced by Tibetian and other cultures.

Cheers.

[blanoz]

@tarakkiyot this is oriental sound. This is the sound from Black Sea to Mongolia. This is a disticnt asian sound. Hope youre not arguing it`s origins. Because they common!

[LordParsi]

@tarakkiyot Other cultures like Persian

[tarakkiyot]

@LordParsi

I don't know what you are talking about. i love iranian people too, they were part of our empires for a long time under Anushtegins, Seljuks, Gaznevis, Ilkhanis, Temuris, Safavis. very very dear for us, indeed.

[selcuklu40]

Allahina gurban gardas

[surgunde]

selamlar büten dosalra

[tilivay]

UYGHURSTAN!!!

C*

[35ee35]

Selam for all TURKISH people.This is the music

[aaroncurley]

this is not turkish. this is uyghur music.

[kgTurk]

It IS Uyghur and the Uyghurs ARE Turkish. ;)

Understanding the peoples and cultures of the whole region will help you to learn that Turkish people arent only to be found in Turkey.

[aaroncurley]

you're wrong. uyghurs are "turkic". other "turkic" languages are azeri, uzbek, kazhaks and others. turkish language is also a "turkic" language spoken in turkey. thats why uyghur understand turkish. just enjoy the dutar and stop making forums here.

[uyghurthug]

East Turkistan