Balaban History: According to documents, Balaban was from the Horn and Ney family, which was known in Iran from the first centuries of the Islamic period. Balaban means a reed-type wind instrument that has been used in the Turkish-Russian vocabulary of the Bourbon, Balban and Balaban forms. In Azerbaijani-Russian, Balaban means a not-so-big wind instrument like Zorna (Serena). In the old music books, it has been introduced as Belban (... but Naycheh Belban and it is related to Serena in the form of songs. 2536, 135) Abdul Momen Safi al-Din, the author of the musical treatise Behjat al-Ruh, has attributed the invention of the Belban instrument to (Ibn Ta'i). This instrument is defined in the Turkish Instruments Book by Farmer, the wind instrument similar to the Zorna, and in the Turkish Music Culture Book of Balban, the wind instrument similar to the common Nine May in Erzurum. In Russian culture and encyclopedias, Balaban means the common windy instrument among the peoples of the North Caucasus and the Iranians. This instrument is one of the wind instruments that has a two-layered tongue and is known as Balaban in East Azerbaijan and Narmeh Nay in Kurdistan. This instrument is common in regions of Azerbaijan, Kermanshah, Hamedan, Zanjan and Qazvin. This instrument has similarities to the Van chimney. instrumentology: Balaban consists of two main parts, the tongue and the body. The length of the instrument is a total of 40 cm Its double tong is made of reeds and is one of the largest reeds in all Iranian wind instruments in terms of length and width. The tong is the most important part of the instrument and in terms of length, width and thickness, there are different types that the musician chooses the appropriate one for himself according to his taste, required sound chrom and tonality. Generally, the length of the tongue is about 10 cm, but its length in Kurdistan is about 5 cm, which is called Pucca. There are vault on the pooch that can be used to change the tuner. The wooden cylinder is made of apricot wood, which gradually expands as it rises, leading to a narrow gap at the top of the tongue. There are seven or eight holes on the front of the body and one finger on the back. The length of this instrument is between 33 and 28 cm Double tongue or gum protector: Gill is a narrow wooden strip that is made of straw and is also made of wood in some wind instruments. Instruments such as reeds lack a gill. Dozalleh instruments have one tong for each reed and Serena has two. The tongue or gill is made of a single piece of tongue in one-language instruments and of two interlocking blades in bilingual instruments. Due to the sensitivity of the Balaban tongue, when this instrument is not played, the guardian of the tongue is placed on the it. It is a curved wooden beam that is placed almost in the middle of the length of the tongue and is for tuning and adjusting the volume of the balloon. Instrument execution method Balaban is played at weddings and celebrations. Its sound is sad, delicate and hybrid, and although they play happy songs with it, it has the blue sound . Due to the special structure of its tongue and the direct contact of the musician's lips with the wide head of the tongue, it is possible to perform nevan in this instrument in a desirable way. For example, in Serena's instrument, Serena's tongue does not touch the musician's lips and vibrates in the mouth chamber, so it is not possible to change the nuance and control the sound with the lips in Serena. Balaban, which is played using the breath taking technique, is a unique instrument in performing nuance from pp to ff. Today, this music is performed by the singer and musician of Qopuz, accompanied by Balaban and Qaval (circle). In this group of three, Balaban is very important, because the performance of singing answers is mainly the responsibility of Balaban. The Balaban repertoire is the same repertoire of love music, including love songs, which are mostly performed in the form of stories and narratives. Ashighi music is performed at weddings and celebrations, as well as at Ashiqlar cafes. Executive limits: The volume of the instrument is about one octave, and an experienced musician can play one more note. The audio range of Balaban is relatively low and as follows. These sounds are fluid and vary with the change in air pressure, the change in position of the lips, and the fullness or incompleteness of the vocal cords to perform different positions.

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