Kemane (Macedonian: ќемане, ; ) is a bowed string instrument traditionally used in the Balkans and Anatolia. It is the Macedonian and southern Serbian version of the kemenche, it is very similar to the violin or viola and related to the Bulgarian gadulka. The kemane also resembles the Greek instrument lyre. The instrument is usually used to accompany folk music and singing, particularly epic poetry, and is rarely used as a solo instrument.
Kemane (Macedonian: ќемане, ; ) is a bowed string instrument traditionally used in the Balkans and Anatolia. It is the Macedonian and southern Serbian version of the kemenche, it is very similar to the violin or viola and related to the Bulgarian gadulka. The kemane also resembles the Greek instrument lyre. The instrument is usually used to accompany folk music and singing, particularly epic poetry, and is rarely used as a solo instrument.
== Varieties == The kemane can be made in various forms. The length varies between , their shape can be either straight or bent in a curved shape. Older kemane's were made by hacking holes in the instrument in which were inserted horse tail hairs, however the modern kemane's strings are attached to a wooden headstock, similar to that of a violin. It is prepared out of one piece of wood (walnut, maple, or other) with three structural parts: the body (krtuna), neck (shija), and the headstock (glava). The strings are set at different heights, so that it can be played on two strings simultaneously. The sound is produced by the movement of the bow from the one to the other blade, which grinding produces a sound of undetermined height.
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