Sipsi

{{Short description|Woodwind musical instrument}} {{Infobox instrument | name = Sipsi | names = | image = Sipsi.jpg | image_capt = Sipsi made of bamboo | background = woodwind | classification = single-reed aerophone | hornbostel_sachs = 422.211.2 | hornbostel_sachs_desc = single-reed instrument with cylindrical bore and fingerholes | inventors = | developed = | range = 1.5 octaves<ref name="Group Istanbul" /> | related = arghul, bülban, clarinet, diplica, dili tuiduk, dozaleh, cifte, launeddas, mijwiz, pilili, zammara, zummara | musicians = Hüseyin DEMİR, Ali Teken, Hayri Dev | builders = | articles = }} The '''sipsi''' ({{IPA|tr|sipˈsi|pron}}) is a clarinet-like, single-reed instrument used mainly in folk music and native to the Aegean region of Turkey. The word ''sipsi'' is possibly onomatopoeic. 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 <ref name="Group Istanbul">{{cite web|title = Instruments|url = http://groupistanbul.net/instruments/|work = Group Istanbul|accessdate = 2011-09-28}}</ref> in the Aegean Region of Turkey.<ref name="Folk Tours">{{cite web|last=Akdeniz|first=Tayyar|title=Sipsi- Turkish Music Instruments- Folk Tours|url=http://www.folktours.com/turkish-music-instruments/sipsi-wind-instrument.html|work=Folk Tours|publisher=Folk Tours LLC|accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref> Most folk tunes played in this area with the sipsi are in {{music|time|9|8}} time.<ref name="Group Istanbul" /><ref name="Grove">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Reinhard |first=Kurt |author2=Martin Stokes |editor= |encyclopedia=Grove Music Online |title=Turkey: II Folk Music, 4 Instrumental Music |url=http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/44912 |accessdate=2011-09-29 |publisher=Oxford Music Online}}</ref>

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==Playing== The timbre of the sipsi is similar to that of the Irish bagpipe. Players of the sipsi employ the circular breathing method, in which air is breathed through the nose while it is being pumped out of stored air in the cheeks. This breathing method is used to form an uninterrupted sound.<ref name="Group Istanbul" />

To tune the sipsi, one must wrap a thread around the bottom of the reed, which is placed into the main body of the instrument. Adjusting the reed with the string is the way to tune.<ref name="Group Istanbul" /> The instrument's range is greater than its six finger holes would suggest, the upper registers can be attained by particular approach to breathing.{{citation needed|date=September 2011}}

==See also== *Clarinet *Diplica *Dili tuiduk *Turkish folk music

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==Further reading== * Redhouse Türkçe/Osmanlıca-İngilizce Sözlüğü, 14th edition (1999), Istanbul, Turkey. {{ISBN|975-8176-11-0}}. Retrieved 2015-12-13. * Türkçe Sözlük [Turkish Dictionary]. Expanded 7th edition (1983). Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları [Turkish Language Association Publications], Ankara, Turkey. Retrieved 2015-12-13.

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