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KEMENCHE: (Turkish: kemençe, Laz: Ç'ilili (ჭილილი), Greek: κεμεντζές) (Persian: کمانچه ), kamancheh, kamencheh, kamānche, kamāncha, qyamancha

kemençe

kamancheh, kamencheh, kamānche, kamāncha or qyamancha (Persian: کمانچه ), a Persian bowed stringed instrument related to the bowed rebab, historical ancestor of the kamancheh...The Turkish and Armenian kemenche or kemençe is a bowed string instrument with a very similar or identical name -- but it differs significantly in structure and sound from the Persian kamancheh.

The term kemenche (Turkish: kemençe, Laz: Ç'ilili - ჭილილი, Persian: کمانچه, Greek: κεμεντζές) is used to describe two types of three-stringed bowed musical instruments: 1. a bottle-shaped lute closely related to the Persian Kamanche, found in the Black Sea region of Asia Minor, it is also known as the "kementche of Laz" or Pontic kemenche and 2. a pear-shaped lute closely related to the Byzantine lyra, found mainly in Instabul and the Eastern regions of Turkey, known as Classical kemenche.