The reed flute called ney is one of the main instruments in sufism. Organized into four main partsthe instrument, performance, the music, and repertoire catalogthe book begins with a description of the instrument and its making, offers information on choosing and caring for a flute, sketches a history of the flute, and discusses. Fragment of a music recital performed at van peltdietrich library center rediscovering the ney was a recital performed at the marian anderson gallery in december 3 2019 by juan castrillon, doctoral candidate of the music department, and ibrahim miari, assistant professor at the jewish studies program. The ney is a reed instrument in the most literal sense. Egyptian ney nay flute woodwind full set 7 pcs by alsaid bayomy. Together with the turkish tanbur lute and turkish kemence fiddle are considered the most typical instruments of classical turkish music. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. The online audio provides professional demo tracks of. For proof that the ney also spelled nay is one of the oldest musical instruments still in use, you need look no further than the great sumerian city of ur. Another example of a sideblown flute is believed to be the tsche, an ancient chinese bamboo flute played in about 2637 bce. This flute was also the first one with a metal tube.
The flute was an important part of these groupings. In vertical, endvibrated flutessuch as the balkan kaval, the arabic nay, and panpipesthe player holds the. Get the best deals on arabic flute when you shop the largest online selection at. It was known in ancient greece and etruria by the 2nd century bce and was next recorded in india, then china and japan, where it remains a leading wind instrument. It has been played for 45005000 years and is now popular in the middle east. Flutes with four and six keys are featured in many symphonies. He also published a small book that year about flute construction. Teachers and flutists at all levels have praised nancy toffsthe flute book, a unique onestop guide to the flute and its music. Contact us 110 weigel hall 1866 college road columbus, oh 43210. A 50week workout program for developing, improving, and maintaining flute technique for all levels, beginners to advanced. The turkish ney is an endblown reed flute, an ottoman variation on the ancient ney.
Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. The traditional turkish ney reed flute is considered the most typical instrument of classical turkish music. Egypt, apart from being a partner in extending music professionalization in the levant, it was a place where the ottoman sultan sent both the servants he wouldnt like to listen to and the ones. The characteristic flute of western music is the transverse flute held sideways to the right of the player. The sumerians and egyptians were among the first to add three or four fingerholes to their bamboo. Introduction music is an intensely emotional subject and the origins of music have fascinated people for millennia, going back to early historic records. Circa 1780 mozart and haydn compse music which features flutes. The sweet servitude of learning the ney in contemporary turkey. Professional arabic ney flute, egyptian ney, nay flute, d nay carbon fiber. The instruments are part of the university of pennsylvania museum of. The instruments remarkable revival in todays cities has inspired the creation of teaching and learning sites.
It has been used in music both for ritualistic and entertainment purposes in ancient egypt, greece, the hindu culture and in sufism. It is considered one of the oldest instruments in history, and is unique due to the fact that it is directly taken from nature, which makes its sound warm and close to the heart. A complete guide for students and performers by nancy toff, the man with the golden flute. The dizi is remarkable for its use of a resonance membrane made from a very thin reed shaving, which is mounted on one of the holes. Egyptian high quality woodwind ney flute by alsaid bayomy 2318 d dukah. The multimodal exhibit also includes a musical performance, a media display, and a downloadable syllabus. The ney is one of the main instruments in oriental music, and a cornerstone of the oriental music culture.
Both ends of this flute were closed, with a mouthhole in the middle. May 16, 2016 hakan menguc is a turkish musician, sufi author and speaker. The influence of the arabian rabab and the rebec which emerged in spain are also seen in the violin. Includes information about players, makers, composers, and instruments, from the10th century to the present day. Main office 6142926571 undergraduate admissions 6142920076 undergraduate studies 6142922870 graduate studies 6142926389. The oldest existing transverse sideblown flute is a lacquered bamboo flute that dates from 433 bce. Flutes have been used in the folk and popular music of the middle east, europe, north and south america and asia. The instruments remarkable revival in todays cities has inspired the creation of teaching and learning sites that range from private ney studios to cultural and religious associations and from. While flutes in various shapes and constructions have been among the most popular musical instruments in history, the modern concert flute, also known as a western concert flute, is. The turkish ney is known to be associated with the prominent masnavi of the worlds most renowned and acclaimed sufi poet, mawlana jalaluddin rumi.
A master of the turkish ney craftsmanship magazine. Ney method how to play the nay flute unknown binding january 1, 1994 by temel hakki karahasan author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The ney is also similar to the chinese dizi, a transverse flute made of bamboo, that has been dated to the 5 th century bc and has been used in chinese folk music, opera and orchestral music. A modern historical summary of the flute and its music, by howard mayer brown, jeremy montagu, ardal powell, and jaap frank, appears in the new second edition of the new grove dictionary of music and musicians. The link between istanbul and egypt offers the possibility to understand the recent history of the ney visavis new secularisms in the middle east. The flute as an instrument is perhaps as old as any civilization.
After the establishment of the turkish republic, turkeys secularized society disdained the ney, the sufi reed flute long associated with islam. Mideast web middle east musical instruments nay ney. A piece for egyptian ney flute inspired by percy bysshe shelleys poem ozymandias. During this period, italian and netherlands flute makers experimented with the size of the flute s bore, added an e flat tone hole and divided the flute into sections that made storage and travel easier.
The nay nai, nye, ney is a simple, long, endblown flute that is the main wind instrument of middle eastern music and the only wind instrument in classical arabic music. Now a professional neyzen flute player and a teacher, berse whispers the secrets of the ney to upcoming musicians what is the importance of the ney reed flute in turkish and islamic culture. Archeologists have found the delicate flute like instruments in excavations of the ancient city. In the 16th century the tenor flute, pitched in g, was played in consort.
In other words, you get one year of workouts with a twoweek vacation. Concert flute history history vienna symphonic library. Everything you ever wanted to know about persian ney. Musical origins and the stone age evolution of flutes when we, modern humans, emerged from africa and colonized europe 45,000 years ago, did we have flutes in fist and melodies in mind. Musical origins and the stone age evolution of flutes. Along the early lutes, the ney has a special place in our history as human beings. During this period, italian and netherlands flute makers experimented with the size of the flutes bore, added an e flat tone hole and divided the flute into sections that made storage and travel easier.
Flute playing has a particularly long tradition in the orient. The ney also plays a primary role in the music of the mevlevi sufi rites sema. Circa 20 the onepeiced, two inch, wooden flute is invented. Peter roberts, the harp and the ferryman a few weeks later adille phoned me to say that he had just met a person who had begun to make neys from special reeds that he found on an island in the yarra river in melbourne, of all places. The worlds marketplace for flutes flute center of new york. According to the oxford university press 2007, the term ney or nay derives from the old persian for a reeda or a bambooa and by extension a reed flute. According to the instrument classification of hornbostelsachs, flutes are categorized as edgeblown aerophones. Ardal powell, the flute yale musical instrument series, 2002 for far too long, the story of the flute has been told as a dreary parade of mechanical developments that transformed the crude instruments of a benighted past into the advanced technical marvel of today. A few leads which might lead me to other areas of music inside of spain and portugal which can only be positive, but in the question of the openended flute inside of iberia is still in question and probably always will until some concrete evidence emerges of this flute type in iberian history.
The recital introduced a collection of ney reedflute. Flute embouchure 1 close your mouth so that your lips are together and make a line. May 27, 2017 a piece for egyptian ney flute inspired by percy bysshe shelleys poem ozymandias. Another division is between sideblown or transverse flutes, such as the western concert flute, piccolo, fife, dizi and bansuri. He is considered traditional mevlevi sufi music and is one of the bestknown players of the turkish ney reed flute.
The persian ney dont have a mouthpiece as in clarinet or other western instruments. By 1600, plucked and bowed instruments were combined with flute in mixed consort music. Musical ethics and islam the art of playing the ney. Flute, musical instruments brass and woodwinds, books. Organized into four main partsthe instrument, performance, the music, and repertoire catalogthe book begins with a description of the instrument and its making, offers information on choosing and caring for a flute, sketches a history of the flute. The flute is one of the oldest musical instruments of all and is regarded as the first ever wind instrument. It is the first history to illustrate the relationship that has bound the instrument, its music, and performance technique together through eight centuries of shifting musical tastes and practices. This book tells the story of the flute in the musical life of europe and north america from the twelfth century to the present day. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening.
Mar, 2014 now a professional neyzen flute player and a teacher, berse whispers the secrets of the ney to upcoming musicians what is the importance of the ney reed flute in turkish and islamic culture. The player of a sideblown flute uses a hole on the side of the tube to produce a tone, instead of blowing on an end of. Teachers of the flute have in the past used smaller members of the orchestral flute family, that is the piccolo pitched one octave higher than the standard c flute, and the e flat flute pitched a minor third higher than the c flute for teaching young children. This was the first boehm flute to use sleeves and rods developed by buffet, spring pins, and special pads less likely to leak. Egyptian high quality woodwind ney nay flute 3026 a mansur alsaid bayomy. The ney has been played continually for 4,5005,000 years, making it one of the oldest musical instruments still in use. Ney, the absolute instrument of the human soul daily sabah. Say em 2 bring the head joint to your mouth and press the circle against your lips. This exhibition features a set of four reedflute instruments brought from egypt during the nineteenth centuryneysalong with contemporary research on new organology and music history. With over twenty years of flute experience, emily h. The flute is a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Archeologists have found the delicate flutelike instruments in excavations of the ancient city.