çifteli
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thumb|80px|Çifteli The çifteli, çiftetelli saz (Turkish: 'doubled', 'double stringed saz', , qifteli) is a plucked string instrument, with only two strings, played in the Balkans and Thrace but mainly in the Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey.
Key facts
- Instrument.name
- Çifteli
- Instrument.names
- Çiftetelli saz
- Instrument.image
- Çifteli- Чифтелија е традиционален, албански, народен, жичан инструмент..jpg
- Instrument.image_capt
- Albanian man playing a çifteli
- Instrument.background
- string
- Instrument.classification
- Plucked string instrument; fretted lute
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
- 321.321-5
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
- Fretted pear-shaped bowl lute with a neck, played by plucking.
- Instrument.developed
- Balkans, Thrace
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Wikidata facts
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- Çifteli 2021.jpg
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- Çiftelia
- Hornbostel-Sachs classification
- 321.321-5
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thumb|80px|Çifteli The çifteli, çiftetelli saz (Turkish: 'doubled', 'double stringed saz', , qifteli) is a plucked string instrument, with only two strings, played in the Balkans and Thrace but mainly in the Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey.
The çifteli is a common folk instrument played in weddings and at concerts similar to the related instruments like bağlama or cura. It is mainly used in folk music (in particular Albanian folk music) as well as in various musical styles such as the performances of Nikollë Nikprelaj. It is also used to accompany Albanian epics and ballads.