Fourtemolo, which I found and named on the baglama in 2020, as a result of my previous works and experience, is a playing technique that involves the right hand without a plectrum. Its method is briefly as follows: while the thumb plays by touching the second and third string groups, the little, ring, middle and index fingers sweep smoothly on the first string group at the same time. Since two melodies are performed at the same time in the use of the technique, the note of the piece is shown as two different melodies on the same stave, which means the use of a new notational system in baglama repertoire. In musical notation, the finger symbols are shown as ‘p’ (thumb), ‘i’ (index finger), ‘m’ (middle finger), ‘a’ (ring finger), ‘s’ (little finger).

All the 10 works in the ‘Fourtemolo‘ album that I made in 2022 were played using only this technique on the baglama. And the vocals accompanied the fourtemolo. In this sense, the album became a fourtemolo-vocal duet album. When you listen to the album, you will have a better understanding of the fourtemolo technique and also have a chance to listen to a new musical style in baglama repertoire.