KLASİK KEMENÇE(CLASICAL KEMENCHAL)
The classical kemenche (Turkish: Klasik kemençe) or Armudî kemençe (pear-shaped
kemenche) or Politiki lyra (Greek: πολίτικη λύρα,Constantinopolitan Lyre) is a pear-shaped
bowed instrument.
Nowadays mainly used in classical Ottoman music, the instrument was also used earlier for
popular music, such as early "Smyrna-Style"Rebetiko. It has become the main bowed
instrument of Ottoman classical music since the mid 19th ce