TURKISH

                                                 :::BOW INSTRUMENTS:::

 KABAK KEMANE

 REBAB

 KEMENCE

 KOPUZ (Kıl)

 REBAB

 HEGIT

 KABAK KEMANE

 KLASIK KEMENCE

 KOPUZ

REBAB

GENERAL INFORMATIONS: Creating a sound through the friction of a streched plank with a second bow has brought about the Bow Instruments. The origin of the bow-instruments roots is also rather comple as is in the other instruments.

The first examples of the bow-instruments were formed by binding a small body whose front part was closed with a streched skin to the stem on which there strings made of horse-tail hairs.

The first bow-instruments in Turkish, name "Iklig", "Oklu" were encountered in the eighth and ninth centuries especially in Shamanist rites, an instrument called the "Kil Kopuz" was used. There are several cymbals produce sound during movememnt and this creates a mystical atmosphere by mixing into the sounds produced throygh the friction between the bow made of horse hairs and the strings made also of horse hairs.

The sound of the Cymbals also form a rythmic harmony. M. Courant states that the first examples of bow-instruments were introduced to China by the Turkish and Mogolian tribes in the North.

The Uygurs have also used various boe-instruments together with the kopuz-Gicek, Kabak Kemane, Cagana, Kemence are all bow-instruments similar to Iklig.

It is certain that all the developed bow-instruments in our time have been developed from the primitive bow-instruments seen in many parts of the world.

 

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