Mey (instrument)
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The Mey is a double-reed aerophone used in Turkish folk music.
It consists of three parts. Ana Gövde (main part), Kamış (reed) and Kıskaç (clip).
There are many instruments similar to the Mey in Asia. These are called "Balaban", in Azerbaijan and Iran; "Yasti Balaban" in Dagestan; "Duduki" in Georgia; "Duduk" in Armenia; "Hichiriki" in Japan; "Piri" in Korea; "Guanzi" in China; and "Kamis Sirnay " in Kyrgyzstan.
Musicologists like Farmer (1936: 316) and Picken (1975: 480) have suggested that ancient Mait, Monaulos, and Auloi present major resemblances with the Mey and the other similar instruments. In Hellenistic Egypt, there was an instrument called "Mait" or "Monaulos" which was similar to the Mey and there was another one in Anatolia which was called "Auloi" and its picture was found on a vase.
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