KANUN (Qanun ) REAL SCALE

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REAL SCALE ORIENTAL INSTRUMENT designed by me :)a string instrument played either solo, or more often as part of an ensemble, in much of the Middle East, Maghreb, West Africa, Central Asia, and southeastern regions of Europe. The name derives from the Arabic word qanun, meaning "rule, law, norm, principle", which is borrowed from the ancient Greek word and musical instrument κανών (rule), which in Latin was called canon (not to be confused with the European polyphonic musical style and composition technique known by the same name). Traditional and Classical musics executed on the qanun are based on Maqamat or Makamlar. Qanun is thought to trace its origins to Ancient Greece, or even to the earlier Minoan or Mycenaean times between 3000BC and 1600BC[citation needed]. The instrument is a type of large zither with a thin trapezoidal soundboard that is famous for its unique melodramatic sound.