ahenk
The ahenk is a fretless stringed instrument from Turkey, invented by Süleyman Suat Sezgin in 1929. It was designed to be played like the oud. The instrument is similar to a banjo; like the banjo it uses has a reflector bowl as a resonator.
ahenk
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- Ahenk
- Field
- plucked string instrument
- Region
- Turkey
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The ahenk is a fretless stringed instrument from Turkey, invented by Süleyman Suat Sezgin in 1929. It was designed to be played like the oud. The instrument is similar to a banjo; like the banjo it uses has a reflector bowl as a resonator.
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On the ahenk, the bowl is made of wood. The front resembles a banjo, with a bridge between the strings and a skin head, similar to that used on a kanun. The skin head does not cover the whole front of the instrument, instead the instrument has a wooden front with a hole for the skin, and two or more sound holes. It is similar to the Cumbus by having an adjustable neck, adjusted by turning a wing-nut. Unlike the Cumbus, another Turkish banjo invented in the early 20th century, the instrument has nearly disappeared. There is a renewed interest in the instrument, which is being built in Istanbul and in Eskişehir (where it was invented).
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• Name — Ahenk • Background — string • Classification — String instrument • Hornbostel Sachs Desc — Composite chordophone • Developed — Turkey • Related — Cumbus Komuz Oud Tanbur
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Naming and authority record. Those registers additionally record the form Cakar, Ahenk. A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure. Within the Encyclopedia. Ahenk is connected to 1 other published record in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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