Gichaku - Gichaku

Japanese: ギチャク - ぎちゃく
Gichaku - Gichaku

...The player supports the instrument by placing the tip of the neck (nakagosaki) on the left knee, and holds the bow with the palm of the right hand facing up, like the Chinese or Japanese kokyū, rubbing it from side to side while adjusting the tension of the hair. Instruments of roughly the same shape are also called by different names in different regions, such as Gicak (Afghanistan), Joza (Iraq), Ukrg (Turkey), and Rabab (Egypt). The Turkish kemençe is the Turkish form of the kamaçe, but the shape of the instrument is significantly different, being a neck-type lute shaped like a pear cut lengthwise.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Gichaku" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…奏者は棹の先端(中子先(なかごさき))を左膝上につけて楽器を支え,中国や日本の胡弓のごとく,右手の掌を上向きにして弓を持ち毛の張力を加減しながら左右にこする。これとほぼ同形の楽器がまた地方によって別名で呼ばれることもあり,ギチャク(アフガニスタン),ジョーザ(イラク),ウクルグ(トルコ),ラバーブ(エジプト)などがその代表的なもの。 トルコのケメンチェはカマーンチェのトルコ語形であるが,楽器の形態はいちじるしく異なり,西洋梨を縦割りにしたような形のネック型リュートである。…

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