Middle East Music

Hi, Everyone! This week, i'd like to introduce the Middle east music. 

The Middle East consists of  a lot of musical genres and musical instruments . 

Typical famous instrument is Tombak, which was discovered by Iranian at the beginning of the 19th century.

The vast majority of the instruments are related to their religion in some ways. Above these instruments, today, I would like to explain about Kanun more deeply. 

Kanun consists of more than 80 strings and it's similar to Japanese Koto. According to my research, most of the stringed instruments consist of 30 to 40 strings, so Kanun is very bigger than other kinds of the stringed instruments. So, its sound is quite smaller than the others. 

Also, Kanun is treated as an important cultural instrument because the most of the famous traditional activities includes “The Arabian Classic Music” has been using it in the area of the Middle East. 

Here is a video of Kanun show - BALAT

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