Qanun

Recorded: London, June 2017

[AlRumaidh]

Her eyes at the end of the piece look like she just came back from another dimension

[arthurbrooke]

Maya is in the Songlines awards for best album!! She’s awesome. And what a piece at the end

[melikeclkd]

It doesnt matter where this instrument comes from. The matter is what we all feel while listenin it

[ritamaid]

Woah that piece at the end is stunning

[Majeed.]

my favourite musical instrument 🎶 and oh my, playing the Qanun is like a full body exercise.

[beep]

Just found this channel. Very inclined to bingewatch, thank you ;D

[martinlatvian]

:O Amazing instrument, amazing skills..

[TheBilayer]

this is sooo beautiful. like on trance

[stthbldt]

Isn't the loud level slam click an issue on recordings and performances? 4:44

[jaketanner]

Hi Maya..I left you a comment on your other video...I'd love to have you play on a piece I wrote. Please let me know if you are able to record remotely. Look forward to hearing from you.

[ahepanafpaktou]

Kanun comes out from the greek word "Κανών" (Kanoon) that means "Rule". It is based in ancient music theory from mathematician Pythagoras.

[dioimam]

the way it sound its like oud but with metal strings. but sound beautiful

[sinbadelbedour]

Cjrcl oitvan instrument called Simsimeyyah ..similar to a Harp

[harrychrome]

Holy cannelloni, this is amazing! Such an impressive instrument and player. Really liked her song.
But can't help but wonder...70-something strings - that'll take a while to tune. And it has levers for changing the pitch and the bridge is mounted on fish skin? That's not helping with keeping in tune, isit? :D

[eloysuopunki]

Qanun is so beautiful instrument. Is there any tutorial books about it in English?

[rasmusn.e.m]

Fun fact: the words qanun and canon, as in "to canonize" come from the same Greek word :)

[tonykeith]

Le générique d'ouverture, écrit par John Barry, le compositeur de la musique du film 007, est entré dans l'histoire : en 1972, il a atteint la treizième place des charts anglais.
Enregistré dans le studio de l'ancien Beatle George Harrison, il est joué sur un instrument inhabituel appelé le < Qanun >

[apmikalogran]

This is psaltirion
Qanun the Greek word is κανων
The law of Pythagoras
Is still in Greek tradition
and the santouri too

[mocanucatalincristi]

hello, where can i buy such an instrument ?

[apmikalogran]

The Greeks first made this and they still use it

Ooohhhh
Not them again

The Arabs play it also well
they are a lot of millions and the have very good players
Makam for arabs
Ήχος for Greeks
all the civilized ancient people in east mediteranean adopt it
it easy to understand why
But even in the west hapened the same
is the ancestor of the piano
Piano can’t play the trimitons though
that you only find in Byzantine and Arabic music until today and canon can play