Baglama is considered one of the traditional and popular stringed instruments in traditional Turkish and Kurdish music. This instrument, with its wooden frame in the shape of a mushroom with two or three strings, touches the listeners' ears perfectly. The players of this instrument plays it with a plectrum that you have to use two main fingers and one auxiliary finger to play it. Baglama is often used together with other instruments of Turkish folk music, such as the circle and the fiddle (kamancheh), and is considered one of the main and very important instruments in the traditional music structure of this country.
Music in Frankfurt
The city of Frankfurt is no less than other German cities in this field. There is one of the largest musical instrument makers' associations in the world in this city. The Frankfurter Musikpreis has been awarded since 1982 by the Musikmesse Frankfurt Foundation and the German National Association of Musical Instrument Manufacturers. The purpose of this International Music Award is to highlight "personalities from the world of music for outstanding achievements in the fields of interpretation, composition, musicology, education, and services to the production of music" (as described). This award is given annually and alternately to personalities from the world of music in the fields of popular music and classical music. Other major bands and singers in the city include ASP (Metal), Böhse Onkelz (Rock), La Bouche (Electronic Dance Music), Culture Beat, First Base, and Habakuk.