The çeng is a Turkish harp. Descended from ancient Near Eastern instruments, it was a popular Ottoman instrument until the last quarter of the 17th century. The word comes from the Persian word "chang," which means "harp" (and also "five fingers"). The ancestor of the Ottoman harp is thought to be an instrument seen in ancient Assyrian tablets. While a similar instrument also appears in Egyptian drawings.

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  • The çeng is a Turkish harp. Descended from ancient Near Eastern instruments, it was a popular Ottoman instrument until the last quarter of the 17th century. The word comes from the Persian word "chang," which means "harp" (and also "five fingers"). The ancestor of the Ottoman harp is thought to be an instrument seen in ancient Assyrian tablets. While a similar instrument also appears in Egyptian drawings. In the late 20th century, instrument makers and performers began to revive the çeng, with newer designs incorporating advanced tuning mechanisms such as those found on the kanun. Tone bending is also possible, by pressing on the string behind the bridge. Whereas the soundbox on the old çeng was on the upper part of the instrument, modern instruments have the soundbox on the lower part. In 1995, Fikret Karakaya, a kemençe player from Turkey, made a çeng using the descriptions in the masnavi "Çengname" by the Turkish poet Ahmed-i Dai, and from Iranian and Ottoman miniatures from the 15th and 16th centuries. He presently plays and records with the instrument. The second çeng in Turkey was recently made by Mehmet Soylemez, an instrument maker and master's degree graduate student at Istanbul Technical University, for Şirin Pancaroğlu, the primary harpist of Turkey. She has started to explore this ancient instrument and will soon record with it. In the United States, New England Conservatory of Music ethnomusicology professor Robert Labaree plays and records with the instrument.
  • Файл:Turkey. Konya024. jpg Ченг Ченг или чанг - оттоманская арфа - струнный музыкальный инструмент Ближнего Востока. Один из самых популярных музыкальных инструментов античной Персии, особенно в эпоху Сасанидской династии. Был популярен в Оттоманской Империи до второй половины XVII века. Также распространён в Китае, Турции, Азербайджане и Центральной Азии. В основном на нём играют женщины.
  • Açık arplardan köşeli arplar grubuna giren çalgıdır. İlk örnekleri Anadolu, Mezopotamya ve Mısır da görülür. Benzer çalgılar İran'da Chang, Gürcistan'da Changi dir.
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  • January 2009
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  • Talk:Çeng Merger proposal
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  • Çeng
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  • The çeng is a Turkish harp. Descended from ancient Near Eastern instruments, it was a popular Ottoman instrument until the last quarter of the 17th century. The word comes from the Persian word "chang," which means "harp" (and also "five fingers"). The ancestor of the Ottoman harp is thought to be an instrument seen in ancient Assyrian tablets. While a similar instrument also appears in Egyptian drawings.
  • Файл:Turkey. Konya024. jpg Ченг Ченг или чанг - оттоманская арфа - струнный музыкальный инструмент Ближнего Востока. Один из самых популярных музыкальных инструментов античной Персии, особенно в эпоху Сасанидской династии.
  • Açık arplardan köşeli arplar grubuna giren çalgıdır. İlk örnekleri Anadolu, Mezopotamya ve Mısır da görülür. Benzer çalgılar İran'da Chang, Gürcistan'da Changi dir.
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  • Çeng
  • Ченг
  • Çeng
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