Ottoman Empire
The instruments used are a mixture of Anatolian and Central Asian instruments (the saz, the baglama, the kemence), other Middle Eastern instruments (the ud, the tanbur, the kanun, the ney), and--later in the tradition--Western instruments (the violin and the piano). Because of a geographic and cultural divide between the capital and other areas, two broadly distinct styles of music arose in the Ottoman Empire: Ottoman classical music, and folk music. In the provinces, several different kinds of folk music were created. The most dominant regions with their distinguished musical styles are: Balkan-Thracian Turkus, North-Eastern (Laz) Turkus, Aegean Turkus, Central Anatolian Turkus, Eastern Anatolian Turkus, and Caucasian Turkus. Some of the distinctive styles were: Janissary Music, Roma music, Belly dance, Turkish folk music.
There were two main style of music in the Ottoman empire, what were they?
classical music, and folk music
Because of a geographic and cultural divide between the capital and other areas, two broadly distinct styles of music arose in the Ottoman Empire: Ottoman classical music, and folk music.
Ottoman Empire