NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Kemanche

A Kamancha (Also known as a Qyamancha, Kemanche or Kemenche) is a 4 stringed spiked fiddle. It is played on the knee with a horse-hair bow which is tightened with the hand while playing. The body of the Kamancha is in the shape of a parabola. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that Kamancha be merged into this article or section. ... The term fiddle refers to a violin when used in folk music. ... Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The horse (Equus caballus, sometimes seen as a subspecies of the Wild Horse, Equus ferus caballus) is a large odd-toed ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the genus Equus. ... A cello bow In music, a bow is a device pulled across the strings of a string instrument in order to make them vibrate and emit sound. ... For other uses, see Parabola (disambiguation). ...

This instrument is widely played in classical Mugham music of Iran and Azerbaijan, with slight variations in the structure of the instrument. Mugham also spelled as Mugam (Azeri: MuÄŸam) is one of the many musical traditions of Azerbaijan. ...

Variations & Confusions

The Karadeniz Kemencesi is from Turkey, although it is a bowed instrument with a similar name, it differs greatly in structure and sound with the Kamancha.

Armenians from the Black Sea in the Trebizond region of Historical Armenia played another type of Kemenche. The shape of this Kemenche is similar to the violin. It has only 3 strings and no frets. NASA satellite image of the Black Sea Map of the Black Sea The Black Sea is an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Anatolia that is actually a distant arm of the Atlantic Ocean by way of the Mediterranean Sea. ... Trabzon, formerly known as Trebizond, is a city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey. ... Look up Region in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... History studies the past in human terms. ... The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. ... The neck of a guitar showing the first four frets. ...

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