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As an instrument of [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian|arabic/turkish/persian]] music, the qanun has, of course, microtonal cababilities built in, in the form of "mandals" (turkish) or "orabs" (arabic) - small levers that can change the pitch of a string slightly and can be raised or lowered quickly by the performer while the instrument is being played.
As an instrument of [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian|arabic/turkish/persian]] music, the qanun has, of course, microtonal cababilities built in, in the form of "mandals" (turkish) or "orabs" (arabic) - small levers that can change the pitch of a string slightly and can be raised or lowered quickly by the performer while the instrument is being played.
[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFIQMM8bZQk&amp;NR=1|Here]] is an example how this is done (player is Julien Jalaleddine Weiss).
[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFIQMM8bZQk&amp;NR=1|Here]] is an example how this is done (player is [[Julien Jalaleddine Weiss]]).


Since the qanun, even with mandals, is essentially a fixed-pitch instrument, a choice of the available pitches has to be made, so the qanun is a case for [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian#Unequal temperaments for maqams|unequal temperaments for maqams]]. The art of tuning lies in the positioning of the mandals.
Since the qanun, even with mandals, is essentially a fixed-pitch instrument, a choice of the available pitches has to be made, so the qanun is a case for [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian#Unequal temperaments for maqams|unequal temperaments for maqams]]. The art of tuning lies in the positioning of the mandals.
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As an instrument of &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Arabic%2C%20Turkish%2C%20Persian"&gt;arabic/turkish/persian&lt;/a&gt; music, the qanun has, of course, microtonal cababilities built in, in the form of &amp;quot;mandals&amp;quot; (turkish) or &amp;quot;orabs&amp;quot; (arabic) - small levers that can change the pitch of a string slightly and can be raised or lowered quickly by the performer while the instrument is being played.&lt;br /&gt;
As an instrument of &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Arabic%2C%20Turkish%2C%20Persian"&gt;arabic/turkish/persian&lt;/a&gt; music, the qanun has, of course, microtonal cababilities built in, in the form of &amp;quot;mandals&amp;quot; (turkish) or &amp;quot;orabs&amp;quot; (arabic) - small levers that can change the pitch of a string slightly and can be raised or lowered quickly by the performer while the instrument is being played.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFIQMM8bZQk&amp;amp;NR=1" rel="nofollow"&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; is an example how this is done (player is Julien Jalaleddine Weiss).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFIQMM8bZQk&amp;amp;NR=1" rel="nofollow"&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; is an example how this is done (player is &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Julien%20Jalaleddine%20Weiss"&gt;Julien Jalaleddine Weiss&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;
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Since the qanun, even with mandals, is essentially a fixed-pitch instrument, a choice of the available pitches has to be made, so the qanun is a case for &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Arabic%2C%20Turkish%2C%20Persian#Unequal temperaments for maqams"&gt;unequal temperaments for maqams&lt;/a&gt;. The art of tuning lies in the positioning of the mandals.&lt;br /&gt;
Since the qanun, even with mandals, is essentially a fixed-pitch instrument, a choice of the available pitches has to be made, so the qanun is a case for &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Arabic%2C%20Turkish%2C%20Persian#Unequal temperaments for maqams"&gt;unequal temperaments for maqams&lt;/a&gt;. The art of tuning lies in the positioning of the mandals.&lt;br /&gt;

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[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanun_%28instrument%29|Qanun/Kanun (Wikipedia)]]

As an instrument of [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian|arabic/turkish/persian]] music, the qanun has, of course, microtonal cababilities built in, in the form of "mandals" (turkish) or "orabs" (arabic) - small levers that can change the pitch of a string slightly and can be raised or lowered quickly by the performer while the instrument is being played.
[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFIQMM8bZQk&NR=1|Here]] is an example how this is done (player is [[Julien Jalaleddine Weiss]]).

Since the qanun, even with mandals, is essentially a fixed-pitch instrument, a choice of the available pitches has to be made, so the qanun is a case for [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian#Unequal temperaments for maqams|unequal temperaments for maqams]]. The art of tuning lies in the positioning of the mandals.

Turkish kanuns are traditionally tuned in (a subset of) [[72edo]] .

[[Ozan Yarman]]'s proposition for a maqam tuning in his [[@http://www.ozanyarman.com/files/doctorate_thesis.pdf|dissertation]](79-tone [[MOSScales|MOS]] subset of [[159edo]]) was also realized on a qanun.

XXX To do: Julien Jalaleddine Weiss tuning systems for qanun

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As an instrument of <a class="wiki_link" href="/Arabic%2C%20Turkish%2C%20Persian">arabic/turkish/persian</a> music, the qanun has, of course, microtonal cababilities built in, in the form of &quot;mandals&quot; (turkish) or &quot;orabs&quot; (arabic) - small levers that can change the pitch of a string slightly and can be raised or lowered quickly by the performer while the instrument is being played.<br />
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFIQMM8bZQk&amp;NR=1" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is an example how this is done (player is <a class="wiki_link" href="/Julien%20Jalaleddine%20Weiss">Julien Jalaleddine Weiss</a>).<br />
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Since the qanun, even with mandals, is essentially a fixed-pitch instrument, a choice of the available pitches has to be made, so the qanun is a case for <a class="wiki_link" href="/Arabic%2C%20Turkish%2C%20Persian#Unequal temperaments for maqams">unequal temperaments for maqams</a>. The art of tuning lies in the positioning of the mandals.<br />
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Turkish kanuns are traditionally tuned in (a subset of) <a class="wiki_link" href="/72edo">72edo</a> .<br />
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<a class="wiki_link" href="/Ozan%20Yarman">Ozan Yarman</a>'s proposition for a maqam tuning in his <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.ozanyarman.com/files/doctorate_thesis.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dissertation</a>(79-tone <a class="wiki_link" href="/MOSScales">MOS</a> subset of <a class="wiki_link" href="/159edo">159edo</a>) was also realized on a qanun.<br />
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XXX To do: Julien Jalaleddine Weiss tuning systems for qanun</body></html>