The art of crafting and playing Kamantcheh/Kamancha (‘little bow’), a bowed string instrument, has existed for over 1,000 years. In the Islamic Republic of Iran and Azerbaijan, it is a major element ...

Have you ever heard of a musical instrument called a lirone? It's a bowed string instrument in the lira family that was popularized in the 16th and 17th centuries. Today's Beautiful Music is an ...

In the wake of the Iranian revolution, teenage Kayhan Kalhor left his homeland and family with nothing but a backpack and his beloved kamancheh (an Iranian bowed string instrument) in tow. Since that ...

An annual music festival themed on bowed string instruments was held by the National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts from Nov 13 to 17. [Photo provided to China Daily] An annual music festival themed ...

The double bass or simply the bass (and numerous other names) is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra. It is a transposing instrument and is ...

Music legend Padma Shri Sakar Khan, who took kamancha – a bowed string instrument – to the world stage, passed away on August 10. He was 77. Born in the village of Hamira in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer ...

Is a bowed string instrument. Is played sitting on the floor, like the sarangi, but has frets, like a sitar. Has a number of sympathetic and drone strings.

Is a bowed string instrument. Is played sitting on the floor, like the sarangi, but has frets, like a sitar. Has a number of sympathetic and drone strings.