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	PSA presents Masters of Persian Classical Music: Instruments
		The Iranian classical kamancheh has a spherical shape, its bridge resting on the surface of a soundbox covered by a membrane of animal skin.
		The kamancheh's four metal strings are generally tuned in fourths or fifths.
		The instrument is held vertically and the bow, made of horsehair, moves horizontally, with the performer rotating the instrument when he or she moves from one string to another.
	www.stanford.edu /group/psa/events/1999-00/kalhor/instruments.utf8.html (415 words)

	Kamancheh - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The kamancheh or kamānche (Farsi: کمانچه - violinette, Azeri: kamança) is a Persian, Azeri and Armenian instrument similar to a violin.
		Played with a variable-tension bow, the kamancheh consists of a round body made from gourd or wood, which acts as a sound box, covered with a thin sheep or fishskin membrane.
		About the length of a viola, kamanchehs are highly ornate, often with mother of pearl or bone inlays and beautifully carved ivory tuning pegs.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Kamancheh (283 words)

	The Modern Magazine for Persian Weddings, Cuisine, Culture & Community
		The reason is that the word kamancheh is the combination of the two words, 'kaman' that means bow and 'cheh' that is diminutive suffix in Persian language.
		When the violin was brought to Iran, since it had four strings, another string was added to kamancheh for imitating the violin and since it was very similar to kamancheh, many kamancheh players became violin instructors.
		It is fortunate that today we have many kamancheh players in such a way that today there is no need to be anxious about the abolishment of the art of kamancheh playing.
	www.persianmirror.com /Article_det.cfm?id=780&authorid=95&getArticleCategory=47&getArticleSubCategory=159 (991 words)

	The kamancheh or kamanche is a type of folk... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The "kamancheh" or "kamanche" is a type of folk violin from Iran.
		Played with a bow, the kamancheh consists of a wooden hemispherical body (which acts as a sound box) covered with a thin sheep or fishskin membrane.
		About the size of a viola, kamanchehs are highly ornate, often with mother of pearl or bone inlays and beautifully carved ivory tuning pegs.
	www.geodatabase.de /Kamancheh (179 words)

	The kamancheh or kamanche is a type of folk folk violin... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The "kamancheh" or "kamanche" is a type of folk folk violin violin from Iran Iran.
		Played with a bow bow, the kamancheh consists of a wooden wooden hemispherical hemispherical body (which acts as a sound box sound box) covered with a thin sheep sheep or fish fishskin skin membrane membrane.
		About the size of a viola viola, kamanchehs are highly ornate, often with mother of pearl mother of pearl or bone bone inlays and beautifully carved ivory ivory tuning pegs tuning pegs.
	www.biodatabase.de /Kamancheh (229 words)

	Kamancheh
		Kamancheh (Spiked fiddle) is a part of musical instrument of the Middle East and it is believed that it originated in Iran.
		Kamancheh is ancestor to most Modern European and Asian bowed instruments.
		The kamancheh is the traditional classical bowed lute of Persian classical music and dates back to antiquity.
	www.tanbour.org /gallery/instruments/kamancheh/index.htm (359 words)

	Through the Ancient Valley (Cello Concerto No. 2), Richard Danielpour
		That is why I wanted the kamancheh not to be onstage, but rather to be separated from the main orchestra; it represents something not in the here and now, but rather from another time.
		Usually the kamancheh is heard in a sort of call-and-response with the cello.
		But in one of the kamancheh’s few solo passages, you hear a song that I remember hearing in Iran when I was a child.
	www.schirmer.com /default.aspx?TabId=2420&State_2874=2&workId_2874=27197 (919 words)

	Kamancheh (Kamanche): The Persian Spike Fiddle
		Etymologically it is better to say that Kamancheh is more suitable to mention to the bow of this bowed instrument than the instrument itself.
		Anyway, to apply Kamancheh for this Persian bowed instrument is error allowed by usage and it seems there is no better name to offer.
		Some famous Kamancheh masters of Iran before the Ghajar Period are: Mirza Mohammad Kamancheh'i, Ostad Ma'sum Kamancheh'i, Molana Ahmad Kamancheh'i entitled to Amir Ghazi, Ostad Zeytun, Malek Mahmud, the brother of the author of the famous book, Tarikh-e-Sistan.
	nasehpour.tripod.com /peyman/id51.html (899 words)

	Iran - music - Iranian instruments - Kamancheh
		Iran - music - Iranian instruments - Kamancheh
		The kamancheh is the traditional classical bowed lute of Persian classical music and dates back to antiquity.
		It is suspected that the fourth string was added in the early twentieth century as the result of the introduction of western violin to Iran.
	www.dejkam.com /music/iran_traditional/instruments/kamancheh (110 words)

	CD Baby: RAHMATOLLAH BADIYI: Sounds of Violin and Kamancheh
		This is a recording of Persian music with violin, kamancheh, a traditional Persian stringed instrument, and tunbak, a Persian drum.
		This is violin as you have NEVER heard it before; every piece will burrow itself into your consciousness, twisting and coiling around the imagery it stirs so palpably in your mind's eye with the edgy and brittle exoticism of the instruments.
		Featuring the legendary Persian musician, Rahmatollah Badiyi on the violin and kamancheh, a traditional stringed instrument, and joined by the tunbak, every phrase is crafted with such exquisite musicality and craving that World fusion lovers and purists alike will find this an unforgettable experience.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/amity6 (688 words)

	Iranian Music: Ali Asghar Bahari
		Bahari, a master on kamancheh at the age of 18, was invited to play in Ebrahim Mansouri Orchestra and from that time he was known as a well skilled Musician on Iranian music.
		After the arrival of foreign instruments and introducing the violin, kamancheh was rejected and so Bahari started to play violin too.
		Bahari was invited to teach Kamancheh at the conservatory of music under the management of Late Rouhollah Khaleghi in 1957.
	www.iranchamber.com /music/abahari/aliasghar_bahari.php (242 words)

	BBC - Radio 3 Awards for World Music 2003 - Kayhan Kalhor
		One of Iran's most accomplished post-revolutionary instrumentalist-composers, Kayhan Kalhor is a virtuoso on the kamancheh (a bowed spike-fiddle played in front of the musicians, on the lap or kneeling on the floor.
		Kayhan Kalhor was born in Tehran in 1963 and began his musical studies under Master Ahmad Mohajer at the age of seven.
		A child prodigy on the kamancheh, at thirteen he was invited to work with the National Orchestra of Radio and Television of Iran, where he performed for five years.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio3/world/awards2003/profile_kalhor.shtml (402 words)

	Kamancheh - Definition up Erdmond.Com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Played with a bow, the kamancheh consists of a wooden hemispherical body (which acts as a sound_box) covered with a thin sheep or fishskin membrane.
		About the size of a viola, kamanchehs are highly ornate, often with mother_of_pearl or bone inlays and beautifully carved ivory tuning_pegs.
		The kamancheh is the only bowed string_instrument in classical Iranian music.
	www.erdmond.com /Kamancheh.html (155 words)

	World Music Central: Sky's the Limit (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Both are found in present-day Iran, though the tanbur stems from Kurdish tradition and the kamancheh's roots are Persian.
		Meanwhile, because of the kamancheh's status as a unique expression of Persian classical music, it's remained an instrument that is revered if not necessarily in vogue.
		Kayhan Kalhor is a wizard of the kamancheh, as his playing with such renowned ensembles as Dastan, Ghazal and Masters of Persian Music will attest.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /article.php/20040702035019570/print (340 words)

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		Iranian kamancheh (spike fiddle) player Kayhan Kalhor has been exploring the improvisational possibilities at the nexus of Persian and North Indian music for nearly a decade with his cooperative group Ghazal.
		The kamancheh has a deeper resonance that's closer to a viola than a violin.
		Personnel: Kayhan Kalhor: kamancheh (Iranian spike fiddle); Erdal Erzincan: baglama (Turkish saz); Ulaş Õzdemir: divan baglama (Turkish bass saz).
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/review_print.php?id=23056 (505 words)

	Ink 19 :: Ghazal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The group is composed of Kayhan Kalhor on the kamancheh, an ancient bowed instrument of Iran that is the ancestor of most bowed instruments throughout Asia and Europe (and sounds a lot like a violin, only pitched lower), and Shujaat Husain Khan on sitar and vocals.
		In the hands of Kalhor and Khan, the kamancheh and sitar express an incredible range of emotions, from jubilance to lament and everything in between.
		Her image follows him everywhere, her scent, the sound of her voice as she speaks his name, the taste of her lips and the salty sweat of her body...
	www.ink19.com /issues/july2000/wetInk/musicEH/ghazal.html (292 words)

	The Modern Magazine for Persian Weddings, Cuisine, Culture & Community
		Kamancheh is the chief Persian bowed instrument and is played both in Persian art and folk music.
		The reason is that the word kamancheh is the combination of the two words, 'kaman' that means bow and 'cheh' that is diminutive suffix in Persian language.
		It is fortunate that today we have many kamancheh players in such a way that today there is no need to be anxious about the abolishment of the art of kamancheh playing.
	persianmirror.com /Article_det.cfm?id=780&getArticleCategory=47&getArticleSubCategory=159 (991 words)

	Andranik Aroustamian
		Russian-born Andranik Aroustamian, a kamancheh musician, emigrated to the U.S. in 1971 and quickly established a distinguished career.
		In elevating the kamancheh to the level of a classical instrument, he has opened up new worlds of sound." According to Aroustamian, presently, there are a number of kamancheh players in the world.
		The kamancheh is an ancient Persian instrument with three metallic strings and a spherical sound chest.
	www.internetserver.com /isc/art/music/aroustam/aroustam.html (697 words)

	TehranAvenue \| Print Version \| Surpassing Boundaries: A Look at the Nour Ensemble’s Alba
		The singers are accompanied by the string instruments of oud, kamancheh, shurangiz, the wind instruments of duduk, flute recorder, as well as harmonium and percussion instruments.
		The colorful selection of instruments has given a rich texture to the sounds: The bowstring kamancheh, the pluck-string shurangiz, the bass oud, the sonorous duduk, and the percussion instruments.
		Kamancheh is providing the bridge between cultures, at times playing European melodies and accompanying gregorian chants and at other times responding to the Kurdish vocal.
	www.tehranavenue.com /print.php?ln=en&id=501 (1100 words)

	SalamIran, Culture & Religion, Literature
		The Kamancheh, an ancient Iranian musical instrument, is probably the first ancestor of the present-day violin, the cello, the viola and the base.
		This instrument, having the size of a violin is played cello-like in a vertical position and set on the knee of the player who uses an arched bow.
		The Kamancheh is widely played in Armenia, Georgia, and Azarbaijan republics, and called by its original Persian name.
	www.salamiran.org /Religion/Music.htm (950 words)

	Record Review (Detroit Metro Times)
		As in its first two recordings, Lost Songs of the Silk Road and As Night Falls on the Silk Road, this intriguing ensemble combines the sound of the kamancheh (an ancient Persian "spike fiddle") with those of the Indian sitar and tabla.
		When Ghazal first appeared on the world music scene, this project seemed both innovative and logical, since the two traditions were once intertwined (from the 13th to the 18th centuries).
		These are most plaintively expressed by Kayhan Kalhor’s bowed kamancheh and by the husky singing of sitar virtuoso Shujaat Husain Khan.
	www.metrotimes.com /20/16/Reviews/musHighway.html (270 words)

	Ghazal
		Ghazal is the inspired fusion of Persian and Indian in the hands of Iranian kamancheh player Kayhan Kalhor and sitar player Shujaat Kahn.
		Since its formation in 1997, Ghazal has stunned audiences around the world with its beautiful, mesmerizing, thrilling and profoundly unique music, which is comprised of improvisations based on Indian and Persian traditional repertoire.
		The contrasting textures of the sinewy kamancheh and sparkling jangle of the sitar, the echoing and developing of phrases between the two players, the moments of repose and meditation rising to spectacular pyrotechnics makes for a performance both startling and hypnotic.
	www.alverno.edu /presents/0405/pages/act9.html (214 words)

	Kayhan Kalhor: Scattering Stars Like Dust (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kayhan Kalhor is one of the most widely sought after Persian musicians performing today.
		His daring interpretations of the traditional Iranian repertoire and virtuosity on the spiked fiddle known as kamancheh have brought him worldwide acclaim.
		A master composer, he is presented here performing solo improvisations and his duets for kamancheh and tombak.
	www.traditionalcrossroads.com /cd/4288.html (61 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Kamancheh
		The kamancheh or kamānche (كَمانچِه) (violinette) is a Persian instrument similar to a violin.
		The instrument dates back to 15th century Persia.
		The kamancheh is the only bowed string instrument in classical Iranian music.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Kamanche (324 words)

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