Kamancheh

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The kamancheh is an Iranian bowed string instrument, used also in Lurish, Armenian, Azerbaijani,

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-{{PostForm |Body=The '''kamancheh''' is an Iranian bowed string instrument, used also in Lurish, Armenian, Azerbaijani,|Uyghur music]],Turkish and Kurdish music and related to the rebab, the historical ancestor of the kamancheh and also to the bowed Byzantine lyra, ancestor of the European violin family. The strings are played with a variable-tension bow. It is widely used in the classical music of Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kurdistan Regions with slight variations in the structure of the instrument.  In 2017, the art of crafting and playing with Kamantcheh/Kamancha was included into the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.  UNESCO page: [https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/art-of-crafting-and-playing-with-kamantcheh-kamancha-a-bowed-string-musical-instrument-01286] |URL=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamancheh |Country=Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey |Media_URL= }}
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+|Body=The '''kamancheh''' is an Iranian bowed string instrument, used also in Lurish, Armenian, Azerbaijani,
+|URL=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamancheh
+|Subject=music
+|Country=Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkey
+}}