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			'''Qanun''' or '''Kanun''' may refer to:

			*], a large zither played in and around the Middle East
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			*], laws promulgated by Muslim sovereigns, in particular the Ottoman Sultans, in contrast to shari'a, the body of law elaborated by Muslim jurists
			*], an Iranian newspaper published in London between 1890 and 1898
			*], the traditional clan law of Albania
			*], a month of the ]

			==See also==
	The '''Qanun''' is the Iranian zither. It is a flat trapezoidal wooden box, with twenty-four strings in triple fastened at its rectangular side on one end and to pegs on the oblique side on the other. The player to make slight changes in pitch manipulates small levels lying below each course of strings. The strings are plucked with two horn plectra, one on each index finger.
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	It is basically a zither with a narrow trapezoidal soundboard. Silk strings ( '''Sim''' ) are stretched over a single bridge poised on fish-skins ( '''Pust''' ) on one end, attached to tuning pegs at the other end.
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			*], surname
			*], a far-right conspiracy theory

			{{disambiguation}}
	== Creator ==
	This instrument is created by ] or is developed by him.

	== History ==
	Arabs moved this Iranian instrument to Europe (Spain).

	== Parts ==
	{\|
	\|Gol ]
	\|Strings ]
	\|Damaqe ]
	\|Xarak ]
	\|Pust ]
	\|Gushi ]
	\|}

	== Between other nations ==

	=== Arabs ===
	They call it '''Qanun'''. Arabic qanuns employ quarter-tones.

	==== Arabs players ====

	=== Armens ===
	They call it '''Kanun'''. Armenian kanuns employ half-tones.

	==== Armenian players ====

	=== Turks ===
	They call it '''Kanun'''. Kanuns used in Turkey have 26 ] of strings, with three strings per course. It is played on the lap by plucking the strings with two ]-shell picks, one in each hand, or by the fingernails, and has a range of three and a half ]s, from A2 to E6. The dimensions of Turkish kanuns are typically 95 to 100 cm (37-39") long, 38 to 40 cm (15-16") wide and 4 to 6 cm (1.5-2.3") high.<ref> Technical specifications and structure of kanun </ref>

	Typical Turkish kanuns divide the equal-tempered semitone of 100 ] into 6 equal parts, yielding 72 equal divisions (or ]) of the octave. Not all pitches of ] are available on the Turkish kanun, however, since kanun makers only affix mandals for intervals that are demanded by performers. Some kanun makers choose to divide the semitone of the lower registers into 7 parts instead for microtonal subtlety at the expense of octave equivalances. Hundreds of mandal configurations are at the player's disposal when performing on an ordinary Turkish kanun.

	==== Turkish players ====

	== References ==
	* Encyclopedia of Persian Instruments - Ali Tajvidi

	== External links ==
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	== Internal links ==
	{{Iranian musical instruments}}

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Latest revision as of 16:55, 29 July 2024

Qanun or Kanun may refer to:

Qanun (instrument), a large zither played in and around the Middle East
Qanun (law), laws promulgated by Muslim sovereigns, in particular the Ottoman Sultans, in contrast to shari'a, the body of law elaborated by Muslim jurists
Qanun (newspaper), an Iranian newspaper published in London between 1890 and 1898
Kanun (Albania), the traditional clan law of Albania
Kanun (Mandaean month), a month of the Mandaean calendar

Latest revision as of 16:55, 29 July 2024

See also