Kāmanja rūmī

Kāmanja rūmī (Arab.: Greek kāmanja), name of the lira in the Near East, introduced from the Byzantine Empire in the Middle Ages. The body is piriform, tapering to a pegdisc with 3 rear pegs. The 3 gut strings are tuned 4-1-5, the central string being a drone. The outer strings are played in harmonics with the fingernails (170). Sachs, Curt. The History of Musical Instruments. New York, 1940.