Qanun
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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. A number of qanun tunings were designed by [[Julien Jalaleddine Weiss]]. See [[tuning systems for qanun]] .
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<html><head><title>qanun</title></head><body><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanun_%28instrument%29" rel="nofollow">Qanun/Kanun (Wikipedia)</a><br /> <br /> 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 "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.<br /> <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFIQMM8bZQk&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 /> <br /> 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 /> <br /> Turkish kanuns are traditionally tuned in (a subset of) <a class="wiki_link" href="/72edo">72edo</a> .<br /> <br /> <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 /> <br /> A number of qanun tunings were designed by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Julien%20Jalaleddine%20Weiss">Julien Jalaleddine Weiss</a>. See <a class="wiki_link" href="/tuning%20systems%20for%20qanun">tuning systems for qanun</a> .</body></html>