Features of the Ghaychak instrument
The instrument has a very strange and different appearance and it can be considered as a combination of different instruments. In fact, the Ghaychaks are very similar in appearance to the violin, cello, and even the kamancheh!! This instrument is a stringed instrument that is played with a bow. When you want to play it you must hold it like kamancheh or cello. although It is much smaller in size than a cello, they are similar in terms of how to play and hold the instrument. However, one of the types of this instrument called the Bass Ghaychak is comparable to the cello in terms of size. The Ghaychak consists of four general parts: the resonant bowl, the handle, the strings, and the bow. The resonant bowl is very similar to the violin and is pear-shaped (inverted pear means the upper part is larger than the lower part) with the difference that, unlike the flat back of the violin, the back of the resonant bowl in Ghaychak has an arc and hollow shape. The bowl is made of walnut or mulberry tree. The string is halfway up the resonant bowl and the other half is on top of it. The number of strings, like a violin, is four and they are made of metal. The bow, like the violin bow, is made of horse hair. In general, the length of the instrument is about 50 cm. Mohammad Zangshahi, Ali Mohammad Baluch, Hossein Farhadpour, Rahmatollah Badiei, Parvin Saleh, and Ardeshir Kamkar are among the most famous Iranian Ghaychak players.
Music in Germany
Germany has had a great influence on world music for centuries and is always presenting many innovations and changes in it. Talking about German music, its history, and German musicians is not an easy task and requires extensive research and the writing of many articles. But in the following, we want to explain more about the history of German music and its different cities.
Music styles, musicians, and music festivals in Germany
Germany has some of the most famous composers, singers, producers, and musicians in the world. It is the largest music market in Europe and the third-largest in the world. German classical music has one of the highest performances in the world. German composers are among the most successful and popular composers in history, including Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich Handel, Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn, Johannes Brahms, and Robert Schumann. Carl Maria von Weber, Richard Wagner, and Richard Strauss were among the composers who worked in German opera. Hans Zimmer, the world's leading music composer, is also one of this country's honors.
Popular German music in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries includes Deutsche Welle, disco, metal/rock, punk, pop-rock, and more. Marilyn Dietrich and Hildegard Hemp are some of the country's most famous female singers. German electronic music has gained worldwide popularity, with Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream leading the way. Germany hosts many of the world's largest rock music festivals. Rock am Ring and Rock Im Park are some of the largest music festivals in Germany and the world.