Editing Ney (section)

==Typology==
[[File:Ney, from a 19th-century Qajun Iran tile.jpg|thumb|right|120px|Ney, from a 19th-century Qajun Iran tile]]
The typical [[Iran|Persian]] ney has six holes, one of which is on the back. Arabic and [[Turkish ney]]s normally have seven holes, six in front and one thumb-hole in the back.

The interval between the holes ranges from a [[semitone]] to three [[Quarter tone|quarter tones]], although [[microtones]] (and broader [[Pitch (music)|pitch]] inflections) are achieved via partial hole-covering, changes of [[embouchure]], or positioning and blowing angle.<ref name="from_neyf">{{Cite web|title=Fingering of two popular scales on two common Turkish ney types |author=Satilmis Yayla |work=fromnorway.net |format=XML+XSL: needs to be opened in MSIE version 6,7,8, or 9 |access-date=2015-09-08 |url=http://www.fromnorway.net/yaylas/zurna/neyfings.html |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412133840/http://www.fromnorway.net/yaylas/zurna/neyfings.html |archive-date=2016-04-12 }}</ref> Microtonal inflection is common and crucial to various traditions of [[taqsim]] (improvisation in the same [[Scale (music)|scale]] before a piece is played).

Neys are constructed in various keys. In the [[Music of Egypt|Egyptian]] and [[Arab tone system|Arabic system]], there are seven common ranges: the longest and lowest-pitched is the Rast which is roughly equivalent to C in the Western [[equal temperament]] system, followed by the Dukah in D, the Busalik in E, the Jaharka in F, the Nawa in G, the Hussayni in A, and the Ajam in B (or B♭), with the Dukah Ney being the most common. 

Advanced players will typically own a set of several neys in various [[Key (music)|keys]], although it is possible (albeit difficult) to play fully chromatically on any instrument. A slight exception to this rule is found in the extreme lowest range of the instrument, where the fingering becomes quite complex and the transition from the first [[octave]] ([[Fundamental frequency|fundamental]] pitches) to the second is rather awkward.