Istanbul Qanun WAV

FANTASTiC | 24 January 2022 | 402 MB

‘Istanbul Qanun’ contains a set of professionally played, incredibly rich, traditional and complex melodies that allow you to discover the world of Qanun! ‘Qanun’ is a member of the stringed instruments and has the form of a trapezoid shape, the shape serves the purpose of adjusting the length of the strings. The strings of qanun are plucked by a ring-shaped plectrum placed on the index fingers. On the left side, there are pegs also known as ‘burgu’ which are used to tune the instrument. The Turkish qanun consists of 24, 25 or 26 sets of strings of two or three strings each (generally giving a total of 75) also features special metallic levers called ‘mandal’ on the left side. These features were not present until the 1870s. On contemporary Turkish qanun, there are six to fifteen mandals for every three strings that the performer can alter quickly when playing. On the right end of the instrument, the strings are stretched over the bridge called ‘esik’ made of lamb or fish skin.