Kemenche
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Kemenche (Template:Langx, Persian : کمانچه) or Lyra is a name used for various types of stringed bowed musical instruments originating in the Eastern Mediterranean, particularly in Greece, Armenia, Iran, Turkey, and Azerbaijan.[1] and regions adjacent to the Black Sea. These instruments are folk instruments, generally having three strings and played held upright with their tail on the knee of the musician.[2] The name Kemenche derives from the Persian Kamancheh, meaning a "small bow".[3]
Variations
The Kemençe of the Black Sea (Template:Langx), also known as Pontic kemenche or Pontic lyra (Template:Langx), is a box-shaped lute (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />321.322 in the Hornbostel-Sachs system), while the classical kemençe (Template:Langx or Armudî kemençe, Template:Langx) is a bowl-shaped lute (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />321.321).
Other bowed instruments have names sharing the same Persian etymology include the kamancheh (or Kabak kemane in Turkish), a spike lute (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />321.31), and the Cappadocian kemane, an instrument closely related to the kemenche of the Black Sea with added sympathetic strings. Circassians have a similar instrument named the Shikepshine which means horse tail violin.
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