Misirlou/ Μισιρλού on bağlama

A Greek song about an Egyptian woman played on a Turkish instrument.

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[tzimtzum1618]

I have a "short neck" as well I've got the more traditional version of the song down fairly well but I was wondering if you had any tips about the Dick Dale part. I know your playing across all your strings but when I do that it sounds terrible. I'm pretty sure it's just the tuning difference. I'm tuned DAE.

[Fatamorganabu]

@tzimtzum1618 Here I've used BAE, a very common tuning for bağlama. I play the first part two ways. One is with the B string as drone (changes to B and E string for a while) and melody on A string. The second way is melody over all strings. Then it starts A string third and fouth fret, B string sixth, open E string, third fret and so on... that's a little tricky. But that's they way they play on bağlama.

[786Noorkhan786]

Miserlou is a Greek song. Nice to know its history. I grew up in California in the 60s and always thought it was by Dick Dale and the Deltones. Cool. There is a similar tune from Afghanistan by Ustad Mohammad Omar called 'nastaran.'

[Fatamorganabu]

@786Noorkhan786 Yes, just listened to it today and found out the same. Nice to find melodies that are widely spread like the melody of "Üdküdara Gideriken". Well, nice, until it doesn't lead to trouble because blockheads claim it as their song and get pissed off.

[ylli1231]

Can you do this on the çifteli? I only play the kosovar Çifteli, but im guessing that they are similar. Can it be done?

[Fatamorganabu]

@ylli1231 Well, I can't do this on çifteli, because I don't have any. Didn't know this instrument until now, but sounds nice. Reminds me a little of Turkish cura. Thank you for showing it to me.

[lalamali1]

THİS TURKİSH BAGLAMA!!!

[786Noorkhan786]

@Fatamorganabu  haha, true... all music is made from the same notes and who has copyright on them?

[rastaisfutur]

@panoskniwthe what you are talking about is the greek baglama that derived from bouzouki. In the times when there were the "Magges", bouzouki was a forbidden instrument and if the police caught them with it they would brake it. That's why they created the baglama, a smaller version of the bouzouki, so they could hide it within their jacket if they saw a policeman! (to egrapsa agglika gia na mathainoun kai alloi tin yperoxi istoria tou ellinikou ypokosmou)

[musgun]

@webmasterportali ahahahaa is "linking" what you get when you search for "baglama" in the dictionary? another "chicken translation" case XD