Neset Ertas
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Neşet Ertaş is a Turkish
folk music
singer, lyrics
writer and a virtuoso of the traditional Turkish instrument bağlama
. His profession in Turkish is known as halk şairi, which literally means "folk poet".
He was born in 1937, in Kırtıllar, a village in Kırşehir
to his father Muharrem Ertaş, also a halk şairi, and his mother Döne Koç. Neşet Ertaş went to primary school for only 2 years, Before this he used to play the violin then the saz (the Turkish national instrument, baglama
).
Neşet Ertaş interprets musical pieces of the Abdal
tradition, following his father. With his forceful saz, his warm voice pure and simple language has Neşet Ertaş in a short time gathered people from Central Anatolia then the whole of Turkey.
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
folk music
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
singer, lyrics
Lyrics
Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of...
writer and a virtuoso of the traditional Turkish instrument bağlama
Baglama
thumb|180px|Cura and bağlamaThe bağlama is a stringed musical instrument shared by various cultures in the Eastern Mediterranean, Near East, and Central Asia....
. His profession in Turkish is known as halk şairi, which literally means "folk poet".
He was born in 1937, in Kırtıllar, a village in Kırşehir
Kirsehir Province
Kırşehir Province is located in central Turkey, forming part of the central Anatolian region. It stands on the North Anatolian Fault, and is currently in an earthquake warning zone. The average elevation is approximately 985 meters above sea level. The provincial capital is Kırşehir.It became a...
to his father Muharrem Ertaş, also a halk şairi, and his mother Döne Koç. Neşet Ertaş went to primary school for only 2 years, Before this he used to play the violin then the saz (the Turkish national instrument, baglama
Baglama
thumb|180px|Cura and bağlamaThe bağlama is a stringed musical instrument shared by various cultures in the Eastern Mediterranean, Near East, and Central Asia....
).
Neşet Ertaş interprets musical pieces of the Abdal
Abdal
Abdal may refer to:* Abdal, a rank of forty Sufi saints* Dervish, or Sufi ascetic* Abdal, Azerbaijan, a village in Nagorno-Karabakh* The Äynu people of Xinjiang region, China...
tradition, following his father. With his forceful saz, his warm voice pure and simple language has Neşet Ertaş in a short time gathered people from Central Anatolia then the whole of Turkey.