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			'''Qanun''' or '''Kanun''' may refer to:
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			*], a large zither played in and around the Middle East
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			*], laws promulgated by Muslim sovereigns, in particular the Ottoman Sultans, in contrast to shari'a, the body of law elaborated by Muslim jurists
			*], an Iranian newspaper published in London between 1890 and 1898
			*], the traditional clan law of Albania
			*], a month of the ]

			==See also==
	The '''qanún''', '''kanun''' or '''kanon''' is a traditional zither-like instrument used throughout the Middle East. It has the shape of a flat trapezoidal wooden box with 25 to 30 triple courses of gut, nylon or silk strings fastened to the far right side, stretched over a single bridge poised perpendicularly on patches of animal (fish or cow) skin, and tuned diatonically by slanted pegs on the far left.
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			*], surname
			*], a far-right conspiracy theory

			{{disambiguation}}
	It is played on the lap by plucking the strings with horn or ]-shell plectra, one on each index finger, and usually has a range of three and a half ]s.

	Slight changes in pitch are achieved via the manipulation of small metallic levers lying below each course of string called '''mandals'''. These small levers can be raised or lowered quickly on the fly to alter the vibrating lengths of the courses.

	While Armenian kanuns employ half-tone mandals and Arabic qanuns quarter-tone mandals, typical Turkish kanuns divide the equal-tempered semitone of 100 ] into 6 equal parts, yielding 72 equal divisions of the octave. Some Turkish kanun makers may even choose to divide the semitone of the lower registers into 7 parts for microtonal subtlety at the expense of octave equivalances. Not all pitches of ] are available on the Turkish kanun, however, since kanun makers only affix mandals for intervals that are demanded in popular performance. Nevertheless, hundreds of mandal configurations are at the player's disposal when performing on an ordinary Turkish kanun.

	Kanuns used in Turkey have 26 ] of strings and have a range of three and a half ]s, from A2 to E6. The dimensions of Turkish kanuns are typically 95 to 100 cm (37-39") long, 38 to 40 cm (15-16") wide and 4 to 6 cm (1.5-2.3") high.<ref> Technical specifications and structure of kanun </ref>

	The kanun is a descendant of the old ] ], and is related to the ], ] and ] and its invention is attributed to Al-Farabi.

	== Parts ==
	{\|
	\|Gol ]
	\|Strings ]
	\|Damaqe ]
	\|Xarak ]
	\|Pust ]
	\|Gushi ]
	\|}
	{{Uncategorized\|December 2006}}

Latest revision as of 16:55, 29 July 2024

Qanun or Kanun may refer to:

Qanun (instrument), a large zither played in and around the Middle East
Qanun (law), laws promulgated by Muslim sovereigns, in particular the Ottoman Sultans, in contrast to shari'a, the body of law elaborated by Muslim jurists
Qanun (newspaper), an Iranian newspaper published in London between 1890 and 1898
Kanun (Albania), the traditional clan law of Albania
Kanun (Mandaean month), a month of the Mandaean calendar

Latest revision as of 16:55, 29 July 2024

See also