kamancheh

Also known as kamānches, kamanche, kamāncheh

thumb|upright|Kamancheh The kamancheh is an Iranian bowed string instrument used in Persian, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Kurdish, Georgian, Turkmen, and Uzbek music with slight variations in the structure of the instrument.

Key facts

Instrument.name: Kamancheh
Instrument.names: Kamancha, Kamanche, Kemancheh, Kamanjah, Kabak kemane
Instrument.image: 2 Kamānches, Persia, ca. 1880.jpg
Instrument.image_capt: Persian Kamānches, ca. 1880
Instrument.background: string
Instrument.classification: Bowed strings
Instrument.developed: Iran
Instrument.range: g3-e7
Instrument.related: Kemancheh Tarhu Shahkaman Ghaychak Rebab Sorahi Kemenche
Instrument.musicians: Sayat Nova Ali-Asghar Bahari Kayhan Kalhor Ardeshir Kamkar Saeed Farajpouri Habil Aliev Mehdi Bagheri
Instrument.builders: Ebrahim Ghanbari Mehr Bayyaz Amir-Ataaie Saeed Maleki Qodratollah Kurdi Emad Kosari
Intangible heritage.ICH: Art of crafting and playing with Kamantcheh/Kamancha, a bowed string musical instrument
Intangible heritage.Countries: Azerbaijan and Iran
Intangible heritage.ID: 01286
Intangible heritage.Year: 2017
Intangible heritage.Session: 13th
Intangible heritage.List: Representative

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Name and etymology
Structure
Notable kamancheh players
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

The kamancheh is related to the rebab which is the historical ancestor of the kamancheh and the bowed Byzantine lyra. The strings are played with a variable-tension bow.

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