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- noun A stringed
instrument with three metalstrings , played with abow . Common among peoples ofCaucasus ,Anatolia and theNear East .
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Few in the West have heard its authentically Persian sound, but now the classical, Persian stringed instrument known as a kamancheh is being heard in an unlikely place - the mid-western U.S. state of Ohio.
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Few in the West have heard its authentically Persian sound, but now the classical, Persian stringed instrument known as a kamancheh is being heard in an unlikely place - the mid-western U.S. state of Ohio.
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Few in the West have heard its authentically Persian sound, but now the classical, Persian stringed instrument known as a kamancheh is being heard in an unlikely place - the mid-western U.S. state of Ohio.
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Instead, Parsai learned to play kamancheh by watching videos of Kayhan Kalhor - widely considered the modern-day master of this ancient instrument.
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“You close your eyes; you start playing, and you kind of get lost in the music,” said Shayan Parsai, a 21-year-old college student who plays the kamancheh.
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After mere seconds from Kalhor's kamancheh - an Iranian viol - one realized what Brooklyn Rider lacks.
Brooklyn Rider quartet offers generic fusion, Iranian star 2011
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A musician this brilliant should not have to play second fiddle - or, in this case, second kamancheh.
Brooklyn Rider quartet offers generic fusion, Iranian star 2011
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Instead, Parsai learned to play kamancheh by watching videos of Kayhan Kalhor - widely considered the modern-day master of this ancient instrument.
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“You close your eyes; you start playing, and you kind of get lost in the music,” said Shayan Parsai, a 21-year-old college student who plays the kamancheh.
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“You close your eyes; you start playing, and you kind of get lost in the music,” said Shayan Parsai, a 21-year-old college student who plays the kamancheh.
reesetee commented on the word kamancheh
Also kamencheh, kam�?nche, kam�?ncha or qyamancha; a Persian instrument related to the violin that is played with a variable-tension bow. It consists of a round body made from gourd or wood that acts as a sound box; it's covered with a thin sheepskin or fish-skin membrane. Traditional kamanchehs have three silk strings, although modern ones have four metal strings. A spike at the bottom of the instrument supports the kamancheh while it is being played. It is widely played in classical Mugham music of Iran, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, with slight variations in structure.
March 20, 2008