Turkish music legend Orhan Gencebay is not just a pretty face; he specializes in the Turkish baglama. The instrument — sometimes referred to as a “saz,” especially in Iran — is a Turkish long-necked lute, a descendant of the fretless. leather-covered, wolf-gut-stringed Turkic komuz…but you already knew that. Players use a pick or pluck the baglama with their fingers, using a style called şelpe. In this video Gencebay plays the Turkish baglama with a pick, but one could be forgiven for missing that detail, distracted by his snazzy suit, his marvelous mustache, and the mastery of invisible oud player performing in the seat beside him.
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