Definitions
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- noun music a
double-reed outdoorwind instrument , usually accompanied by a davul (bass drum) inAnatolian folk music
Etymologies
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Examples
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Joe Bedrosian: Yankee Doodle (MP3, 280 Kb) "Yankee Doodle" played on the zurna.
Mind the music and the step Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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With the coming of spring at the end of this difficult season, people would go out to celebrate in the bosom of nature, with much singing, especially ballads of daring and romance; playing of the zurna (a mountain flute of the woodwind family) and the dahola (a giant drum); dancing (especially group circle-dances); and even storytelling.
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Joe Bedrosian: Yankee Doodle (MP3, 280 Kb) "Yankee Doodle" played on the zurna.
Archive 2007-07-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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Naturally, given the bands national identity some songs have a slight Armenian melodic influence, where during one of the songs both bassist and guitarist played simultaneously a melody resembling perhaps a zurna solo performance.
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Naturally, given the bands national identity some songs have a slight Armenian melodic influence, where during one of the songs both bassist and guitarist played simultaneously a melody resembling perhaps a zurna solo performance.
Archive 2005-05-01 2005
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Lazaros Papadopulos was at first a zurna player and then a clarinet player.
WN.com - Articles related to Turkish PM visits troubled Greece, backs arms cuts 2010
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Lazaros Papadopulos was at first a zurna player and then a clarinet player.
WN.com - Articles related to Turkish PM visits troubled Greece, backs arms cuts 2010
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Lazaros Papadopulos was at first a zurna player and then a clarinet player.
WN.com - Articles related to Turkish PM visits troubled Greece, backs arms cuts 2010
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Rob explains that while bagpipes are shepherds instruments, practised during summers on the high plateaus, the main instrument used for weddings and other celebrations is the zurna, a wooden reed instrument mostly played by professional musicians.
WN.com - Articles related to M&S selling extra-big school uniforms for obese children 2010
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Lazaros Papadopulos was at first a zurna player and then a clarinet player.
WN.com - Articles related to Turkish PM visits troubled Greece, backs arms cuts 2010
hernesheir commented on the word zurna
"The Japanese charumera, or charamera, traditionally associated with itinerant noodle vendors is a small zurna, its name deriving from the Portuguese chirimiya. Few, if any noodle vendors continue this tradition and, if any, would undoubtedly use a loudspeaker playing a recorded charumera." Wikipedia.
October 1, 2009