Kemenche

Kemençe of the Black Sea

Classical kemençe

Kemenche or kemençe is a name used for various types of stringed bowed musical instruments having their origin in the Eastern Mediterranean, particularly in Armenia, Greece, Iran, Turkey, 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 Kemençe derives from the Persian Kamancheh, and means merely "small bow".^[3]

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The Kemençe of the Black Sea (Turkish Karadeniz kemençesi, Greek Pontic kemenche, Pontic lyra, Ποντιακή λύρα) is a box-shaped lute (321.322), while the classical kemençe (or Klasik kemençe, Armudî kemençe, Politiki lyra; Greek: Πολίτικη Λύρα) is a bowl-shaped lute (321.321).

Other bowed instruments have names sharing the same Persian etymology include the kamancheh (or Kabak kemane in Turkish), a spike lute (321.31), and the , an instrument closely related to the kemenche of the Black Sea with added sympathetic strings.

References[]

^ McCollum, Jonathan (2014). "Kamancha." New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Second Edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199743391.
^ Hugo Pinksterboer, Tipbook: Cello (2002), p. 106.
^ "Middle East Focus" (PDF). TheStrad.com: 50–52. July 2007. The Persian word for bow is kaman, and kamancheh is the diminutive form.^{[dead link]}

External links[]

Kemence, from Folk Tours Middle Eastern Dance & Music

[1] McCollum, Jonathan (2014). "Kamancha." New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Second Edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199743391.

[2] Hugo Pinksterboer, Tipbook: Cello (2002), p. 106.

[3] "Middle East Focus" (PDF). TheStrad.com: 50–52. July 2007. The Persian word for bow is kaman, and kamancheh is the diminutive form.^{[dead link]}

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Kemenche

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