Sipsi

Sipsi
Sipsi made of bamboo
Woodwind instrument
Classification single-reed aerophone
Hornbostel–Sachs classification422.211.2
(single-reed instrument with cylindrical bore and fingerholes)
Playing range
1.5 octaves[1]
Related instruments
arghul, bülban, clarinet, diplica, dili tuiduk, dozaleh, cifte, launeddas, mijwiz, pilili, zammara, zummara
Musicians
Hüseyin DEMİR, Ali Teken, Hayri Dev

The sipsi (pronounced [sipˈsi]) is a clarinet-like, single-reed instrument used mainly in folk music and native to the Aegean region of Greece and Turkey. The word sipsi is possibly onomatopoeic. In ancient Greece, it was known as kalamavlos (καλάμαυλος), meaning cane-flute. The sipsi can be made of bone, wood, or reed, though the reed variant is most common. Its size varies from region to region, but it generally contains five finger holes in the front, and one finger hole in the back.

The sipsi is one of many reed instruments in Turkey used to play lead melodies in instrumental folk music. It is generally played in the Western part [1] in the Aegean Region of Turkey.[2] Most folk tunes played in this area with the sipsi are in 9/8 time.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b c "Instruments". Group Istanbul. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
  2. ^ Akdeniz, Tayyar. "Sipsi- Turkish Music Instruments- Folk Tours". Folk Tours. Folk Tours LLC. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
  3. ^ Reinhard, Kurt; Martin Stokes. "Turkey: II Folk Music, 4 Instrumental Music". Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Retrieved 2011-09-29.