Keyhan Kalhor's way of describing the desert

From Kalhor's album, "Night, Silence, Desert" (2000).
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Kamancheh

Derived from the Persian words kaman, 'bow' or 'arc', and cheh, 'little' is an ancient spiked fiddle which is ancestor to most modern European and Asian bowed instruments. It can now be found throughout the area stretching from North Africa to China. The instrument's name varies from region to region (e.g. kamange, saz-e Keshmiri, joze, ghiczak), as does its shape (it can be spherical or cylindrical and have an open or closed back).

The Iranian classical kamancheh has a spherical shape, its bridge resting on the surface of a soundbox covered by a membrane of animal skin. The soundbox has no standard size and can be made entirely from one piece of wood or from many ribs. Its rounded body, made from different kinds of wood (e.g. mulberry, walnut, oak, or maple), has a spike on bottom to support the instrument.

The kamancheh's four metal strings are generally tuned in fourths or fifths. The instrument is held vertically and the bow, made of horsehair, moves horizontally, with the performer rotating the instrument when he or she moves from one string to another.

From http://nay-nava.blogfa.com

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[imanizore]

با دوست هر کجا که نشینی تفرجست خواهی میان گلشن وخواهی کنار دشت

[prsnrug]

وقتی زبان از بیان احساس درون قاصر است آنجاست که موسیقی بکمک میآید و این قطعه شش دقیقه ای گواه این مدعاست.

به تنهایی یک کتاب است این قطعه، بیان یک فرهنگ ست، داستان وصل و فراق ست، و چه شنیدنیست

[lojanak60]

just a small like tab is nothing in front of this incredibly awesome art...

[tismurdis]

This translates all that your soul feels when it is finally set free.Amazing.

[maciejgrebowicz]

I love this record so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for posting!

[Nawaf50]

I feel great and connected to the nature.

Me from KSA thanx

[parastu1001]

che ziba va delneshin ,,,, mamnoon

[maanvaarder1]

I listened to this while travelling through the Maroccan desert. Simply spellbinding stuff !

[MultiMasiha]

I love Iran , Iranian and their great cultur and peaceful history

i hop i can visit it once

[Whitedagger]

Bu ezgiler ve enstruman ile tanıstırdıgınız için çok teşekkür ederim.

[fanty27]

a real lovely desert ..

[NizoumiPars]

zende bad kalhor ...va moosghiye khorasane Iran