Saaz (English spelling) [Türkiye]

Japanese: サーズ（英語表記）saz[トルコ]

A Turkish plucked string instrument (illustration). The body is made of hollowed-out mulberry wood covered with thin, straight-grained boards of pine or other wood. The long neck has 10 to 33 (usually 19 to 24) vinyl strings tied to frets, allowing for minute pitches such as 3/4 tones to be played. The frets can be moved to adjust the pitch finely. The strings are made of steel wire and copper-wound wire (for bass), with 3 to 11 (usually 6 to 7) strings, which are tuned in three groups and there are several tuning methods. The middle string produces a lower tone than the others, for example in the So-So-Re-Re-La-La style, where La is the main melody string, and the others often produce drones (sustained tones) or chords.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

トルコの撥弦楽器（イラスト）。薄くくりぬいた桑材の胴に松など柾目の通った薄板を張り，長い棹には10～33個くらい(普通は19～24個)のビニル糸をフレットに結びつけ，3/4音等の微小音程が出せるようにしてある。フレットは動かせ細かく音程を調節できる。弦は鋼鉄線および銅巻線(低音用)が3～11本(普通は6～7本)張られ，3グループに分けて調弦され，何種類かの調弦法がある。中央の弦が他より低い音となり，たとえばソソ―レレ―ララでラの音がおもに旋律弦となり，他はドローン(持続音)や和音を出すことが多い。

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