Kamāncheh / Kamānche / Kamāncha / Kamança / Lute Fiddle
(four-stringed-spike fiddle)
means the small arc bow in Kurdish and Farsi. It is one of the oldest
bowed string from Byzantium Empire and Golden Age century and a member of
Chordophone musical instruments the bowed Lira family. Kamanche has a
dominant role in the music of Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kurdish regions
and Central Asia. Kamanche has ability to make efficient
melodies, effective sounds and supports other musical instruments in the
group by changing its volume immoderately. Therefore, Kamanche is capable
to perform a wide range of the chromatic tones freely by changing the
intervals instead of the fret traditional instruments. This ability also
provides Kamanche with more power to play a mixture of classical Maqam and
contemporary music today. The sound of Kamanche in an orchestra is
substantially smooth, shiny and deep which covers every separate tune
which resonated from plectrum instruments.
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