mey or ney

tansy · Post by **tansy** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:46 pm

does anyone play these? I love the sound they produce, large double reed, mouth blown. I don't know enough about them to buy one. They are probably a different scale too.
just wondering
tansy

Eldarion · Post by **Eldarion** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:17 am

The ney I know is a Middle Eastern woodwind instrument, no reed though..

rh · Post by rh » Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:22 am

http://www.bardoworks.it/ney.html

http://www.neyzen.com/english.htm

tansy · Post by **tansy** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:18 pm

I was confused. It is the mey I am intreested in, similar to the duduk. Has a huge 4 1/2" double reed. I'll let you know if I get one. It would be a good uilleann diversion.
Tansy

monkey587 · Post by **monkey587** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:49 pm

tansy wrote:I was confused. It is the mey I am intreested in, similar to the duduk. Has a huge 4 1/2" double reed. I'll let you know if I get one. It would be a good uilleann diversion.
Tansy

I've owned meys and duduks. my impression is that the mey is a very primative duduk, but it could just be the crappy quality of instruments available (lark, mideast, etc)

monkey587 · Post by **monkey587** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:52 pm

Check out this guy for some kurdish balaban music... Similar instrument, very different sound:
http://www.cuberoots.com/cdno_61.html

cadancer · Post by **cadancer** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 12:40 pm

I guarentee that if you go to the East European Folklife Center's webpage, follow links to their discussion group and ask about ney, mey etc. you will get a response from knowledgeable people.

http://www.eefc.org

...john