An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, written in Egypt during the years 1833-1835 . pt) has observed to me, since the first edition ofthis work was printed, that rabab would be a more proper term for thisinstrument, being the general Arabic name for a viol; but I never heard itcalled in Egypt by any other name than kemengeh. It is also thus calledin Syria. MUSICAL Instruments. 3^7 hairs, passed through a hole at the head of the bow-stick andsecured by a knot, and attached at the other end to an iron ring, * KEMENGEH. are tightened or slackened by a band of leather whic
An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, written in Egypt during the years 1833-1835 . pt) has observed to me, since the first edition ofthis work was printed, that rabab would be a more proper term for thisinstrument, being the general Arabic name for a viol; but I never heard itcalled in Egypt by any other name than kemengeh. It is also thus calledin Syria. MUSICAL Instruments. 3^7 hairs, passed through a hole at the head of the bow-stick andsecured by a knot, and attached at the other end to an iron ring, * KEMENGEH. are tightened or slackened by a band of leather which passesthrough the ring just mentioned and through another ring at the 328 THE MODERN I is the key; 2, the ring, or thimble; 3, the plectrum. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. 329 foot of the bow. A performer on the kemengeh, in passing thebow from one chord to the other, turns the kemengeh about sixtydegrees round. The sketches introduced, are from drawingswhich I have made with the camera-hicida. Together, they repre-sent an ordinary Egyptian band, such as is generally seen at aprivate entertainment. The performer on the kemengeh usuallysits on the right hand of him who performs on the kanoon, oropposite (that is, facing) the latter, on the left hand of whom sitsthe performer on the ood; and next to this last is the performeron the nay. Sometimes there are other musicians, whose instru-ments will be mentioned hereafter ; and often two singers. The kanoon is a kind of dulcimer. Its name is from theGreek kuvcov, or from the same origin ; and has the same signifi-cation ; that is, rule, law, custom. The instrument fromwhich the engraving here given was taken is, perhaps,
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