Armenian Specialists Created World’s First Bass Qanun

ARMENIAN SPECIALISTS CREATED WORLD’S FIRST BASS QANUN

15:17, 30 May, 2013

YEREVAN, MAY 30, ARMENPRESS: The world’s first musical instrument bass
qanun was created in Armenia. This was
announced today by the musician Ara Gevorgyan during the meeting with
the journalists. The idea appeared to the musician,
when years ago the qanun-player Hasmik Leyloyan and Ara Gevorgyan
composed a composition with 50 qanuns. As reported
by Armenpress, they achieved the desirable result, when they regulated
the music via computer. On that very moment the
musician Ara Gevorgyan decided to create a national musical bass instrument.

The world’s first bass qanun is made of maple wood from
Sochi,contrabass cords and with its shape it is similar to qanun. The
cost
of the instrument is quite expensive, about 1000 USD.

On May 29 the creation of the bass qanun was registered by the name of
the master Albert Zakaryan, who developed the project
and made the instrument itself in eight months. Currently two
instruments are being made and the initiators decided to give them
Armenian women’s names. The first instrument will be named Alvard. The
second one will be named after the wife of the
benefactor, who will sponsor the expenses of the instrument’s
creation. The initiators have already applied to the Ministry of
Culture of the Republic of Armenia to include the instrument in the
list of the UNESCO material culture values.

The initiators intend to present the world’s first bass qanun to the
public within ten days with a beautiful show with the participation of
qanun-players and dance groups.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress