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I tune mine down a Minor Third to A, G, D, so that it's like the 5th, 3rd, & 4th strings of a Guitar & the A Position sounds an A Power Chord so it produces a bit deeper & mellower sound.

Turkish Saz is a fun useful instrument, it's great for strumming. & it makes a nice bright Jangling sound very akin to a 12 string Guitar because of the Octave String courses.

1:07 With 3 Chords Eb, Ab, Bb (C, F, G, I, IV, V) you can play more songs like Mozart's K 265 (Twinkle Twinkle, Baa Baa Black Sheep, & ABC's which are the same tune but different words)

With those 2 Chords Eb & Bb (a Minor Third lower would be C & G as they're the I & V Chords) you can play a lot of simple songs like "Itsy Bitsy Spider" or "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (aka Merrily we Roll Along).

hey Greg!! Where have you gone. All us aspiring cittern players need you!! Hope all is (s)well.

sweet job

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Question. What is the purpose of two capos if any or just convenience? Thanks.

Good stuff Greg. Great player. The big Cittern is knocking me out. Thanks for taking the time to share a bit.

Excellent. Thank you. Can you post chord charts for this tuning?

Awesome & Inspiring. Cittern Chords Please for DAEDG tuning..

Excellent tutorial . Thank you

Hi Greg, recently bought a saz,im a mandolin player for over 30 years so plenty of stringed instrument experience.Like a lot of people commenting i am scouring you tube for any English speaking lessons/tips so this is great. What tuning are you using here?I am currently using Dizeni tuning

Great Greg,so good to see you in action again. Please keep broadening our musical horizons.

i cant not seem to find any videos to show notes on the long neck baglama why

Your voice is not clear...I have to strain my ears to hear what you say..especially when you strum simultaneously..thanks..

I just come back home from Turkey and i bought one saz guitar as a present to my husband who is a custom guitar maker in Bali, İndonesia and to my daughters who love playing guitar❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

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Question. In guitars the strings are ALWAYS numbered from high to low pitch. First string is a high E, 6th string is low E. Always. Is that really different, talking about a saz? Sure?

Hi Greg, What gauge strings have you used for this tuning, thanks Liam

Thanks for the tutorials. Could you zoom in more on your fingering?

Great tutorial and very informative...sounds delicious esp. with the low D and your playing is mellifluous

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Cool video, but usually u dont play full accords u just pull the strings (top,middle,bottom)whenever u use them, the pulling of all is mostly at ends of songs or columns

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Dearth of the Earth, but WHERE can I (we) get some reasonably easy music that would go well on Cittern or mandocello. Better yet...songs!?

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I think you are the only person who would understand: I want to do a variant of Travis picking on my modified CGDAE instrument. Suggested patterns?

interesting but tuning is wrong. Check out Holborne's cittern School for authentic renaissance cittern tunings. ignoring which key you're tuning too the down stroke should pluck 3rd, root, 5th, 6th. You've go the right notes but the wrong way up hence why it sounds far more folksy than renaissance style.

MORE!!! Please

2:35 in this part you are playing it like a Greek tune. If it was with Tzouras or bouzouki, it would sound completely the same.

great video thank u

So talented.

What's is the easiest tune for beginners

Just a little correction, not zaz but Saz

This instrument is actually Kurdish. The Kurds call it Saz. S as in Saw. The Turks call it Baglama or something.

Also, any good 12 string can be strung up and retuned to be cittern like - even better I think, with the big box.

Hey Greg...how about a tutorial for CGDAE tuning?

Bravo ! you made this great song sound good and I know it is not easy to do a cover of Neil. BTW; I also have a 1968 H1265

what string guages for this tuning if my scale length is same as yours ?

When do people understand that baglama (short neck) is different from the long neck (bozuk/düzen. Long neck was invented a while ago with 23 curtains, later the Kurds invented the baglama (short neck) 19 curtains to simplefy the playing style so you didnt have to move your hand up and down. Long neck has been around for centuries and short neck only a couple hundred years.

Thnx Greg, I just recieved this wanderful instrument as a gift from my sister, travelling Turkey and now I know how to tune it. I am a mandolin, 5 string banjo and guitar player, so I hope to learn it quiet soon. Ciao

I am a messianic Jew and I heard a gentleman who plays for Joshua Aaron play this instrument. I would love to learn to play this instrument playing psalms. Do you have anything in print. Here is the instrument

Lovely playing. Greg, is that a long or a short neck?

Greg, do you ever tune the high string to C# instead of D? gives a true Amaj for the bottom 4 courses. I'm sure there a many good tunings. I'm just looking to get the same instrument you have here.

Hi Greg...can I contact you watsap...I need help getting one ..I dunno what and where ?