ghijak
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The ghijak is a group of related spike fiddles, used by Afghans, Uzbeks, Uyghurs, Tajiks, Turkmens, Qaraqalpaks and in the Xinjiang province of western China. Despite the similarity of the name, it is more closely related to the Persian kamancheh than the ghaychak.
Key facts
- Instrument.name
- Ghijak
- Instrument.image
- 2GhichakGurminj.jpg
- Instrument.classification
- Bowed string instrument
- Instrument.related
- Kamancheh
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- musical instrument
- Subclass of
- bowed string instrument
- Country of origin
- China
- Image
- GhichakShahidi.jpg
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- Commons category
- Gidzhak
- different from
- ghaychak
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Xinjiang
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
The ghijak is a group of related spike fiddles, used by Afghans, Uzbeks, Uyghurs, Tajiks, Turkmens, Qaraqalpaks and in the Xinjiang province of western China. Despite the similarity of the name, it is more closely related to the Persian kamancheh than the ghaychak.
==History== thumb|left|Gydzhak or Gʻijjak spike fiddles grim Russian Turkestan. The instrument name appears in 10th-century manuscripts, which indicate that the bridge (harrak) was made of almond shells. The ghidjak as depicted in 15th-century Persian miniatures resembles the modern instrument in its construction.
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