Kemenche
Various stringed bowed musical instruments from the Eastern Mediterranean / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the related Persian instrument, see Kamancheh. For the village in Pest country, Hungary, see Kemence.
Kemenche (Turkish: kemençe) 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]
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