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Kamanjā from Iran.

Playing the rebab, an instrument that elaborates the melody in Javanese gamelan music

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musical instrument

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Playing the rebab, an instrument that elaborates the melody in Javanese gamelan music

Playing the rebab, an instrument that elaborates the melody in Javanese gamelan music

The rebab, one of the instruments that elaborate the main melody in Javanese...

Video: Wesleyan Virtual Instrument Museum 2.0 (https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2)

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Kamanjā from Iran.

Kamanjā from Iran.

Wesleyan Virtual Instrument Museum 2.0 (https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2)

kamanja

kamanja

Musician playing the kamanja, c. 1860s.

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Digital file no. LC-DIG-ppmsca-14708)

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