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The Qanun is the Persian 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.

Creature

This instrument is created by Farabi or is developed by him.

History

Arabs moved this Iranian instrument to Europe (Andolos).

Parts

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Qanun

Gol

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Strings

Damaqe

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Damaqe

Xarak

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Xarak

Pust

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Pust

Gushi

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Gushi

References

  • Encyclopedia of Persian Instruments - Ali Tajvidi

External links

Iranian musical instruments
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(Sāzhāy-e Zehī)
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Plucked
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(Sāzhāy-e Bādī)
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(Sāzhāy-e
Kūbeheyī/Zarbī)
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Afghan traditional music
Azerbaijani traditional music
Kurdish traditional music
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