Improvements made to the Kamancheh, bowed musical instrument

Abstract

Musical instruments that are used in the field of national music of Azerbaijan have been handed down from centuries to centuries and have reached our time. Azerbaijani people have been keeping their musical instruments alive, preserving them and not forgetting them since ancient times. The tar, kamancheh, saz and other national musical instruments need improvement and restoration in our modern times. The main point of the scientific article “Improvement made to the kamancheh, bow musical instrument” is based on this issue. The research article includes the classification of Azerbaijani folk musical instruments, coefficient measurements, problems and their elimination, which we have studied for years. The article shows the coefficient modification and improvement of the kamancheh national musical instruments in a new format. The kamancheh musical instrument is classified based on tables and schemes in the article. As we mentioned above in the article, the consistently appropriation of some of our national musical instruments (balaban, qanun) by someone, and the presentation of these instruments by them on a world scale from time to time are still ongoing. So, our purpose is the preservation of our national musical instruments, showing of their uniqueness as a result of their restoration and improvement, and the determination of their place, importance and role in the development of our national musical culture. So, we are trying to achieve our purpose by relying on important evidence and proofs in our presented scientific article. The improvement work carried out on some of instruments is related to the improvement of their tuning system and sound system. Today, one of the problems is the instruments becoming out of tune quickly. These problems are touched upon in the article and the elimination of the problems is pointed out chronologically. The improvement works carried out on the kamancheh are divided into several areas. So, figures, schemes and tables of the individual kamanchehs are presented here. Figures, schemes and table of the improved Bam kamancheh (the bass kamancheh) are explained. Figures, schemes and tables of the Double Bass Kamancheh, the Double Contrabass Kamancheh and other types, which are calculated with coefficients, are presented to the readers.

Keywords

• Classification
• Kamancheh
• Restoration of music instrument
• Organology

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