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The '''kamancheh''' (also '''kamānche''' or '''kamāncha''') ({{lang-fa|کمانچه}}, {{lang-az|kamança}}, {{lang-hy|Քամանչա}}, {{lang-ku|کەمانچە ,kemançe}}) is a Persian [[bowed string instrument]] used in [[Persian traditional music|Persian]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Global Minstrels: Voices of World Music |date=2012 |publisher=Elijah Wald |isbn=9781135863685 |page=227}}</ref> [[Azerbaijani music|Azerbaijani]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unesco.preslib.az/en/page/FWdGKng1R2 |title=Kamancha |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=UNESCO |quote=In the Republic of Azerbaijan it constitutes a major element of classical and folkloric music, and performances occupy a central place in a wide number of social and cultural gatherings.}}</ref> [[Armenian music|Armenian]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Dowsett|first=Charles|title=Sayatʻ-Nova: an 18th-century troubadour: a biographical and literary study|year=1997|publisher=[[Peeters (publishing company)|Peeters Publishers]]|location=Leuven|isbn=90-6831-795-4|authorlink=Charles Dowsett|page= 4}}</ref>, [[Kurdish music|Kurdish]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Iranian Kurdish musician wins prestigious award |url=https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/46dfb901-1ecd-40d3-b8c7-1c872fe622d4 |access-date=24 March 2020 |agency=Kurdistan24 |date=19 August 2019}}</ref>, [[Music of Georgia|Georgian]], [[Music of Turkmenistan|Turkmen]], and [[Music of Uzbekistan|Uzbek]] music]] with slight variations in the structure of the instrument.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pastimes of Central Asians. Musicians. A Man Practising the Kamancha, a Long-necked Stringed Instrument|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/10824/#time_periods=1850-1899&page=8|work=[[World Digital Library]]|access-date=14 May 2014}}</ref><ref name=abc/> The kamancheh is related to the [[rebab]] which is the historical ancestor of the kamancheh and the bowed [[Byzantine lyra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.mehrnews.com/detail/News/106573|title=Iranian string instrument 'Kamancheh' to be inscribed on UNESCO list|date=11 April 2015|access-date=1 May 2015}}</ref> The strings are played with a variable-tension [[Bow (music)|bow]].