Professional Qanun: Kanun

Professional Qanun is a real kanun (qanun, the Turkish and Arabic zither) in your hands: 26 courses recorded string by string, every makam and maqam set by its mandals, and the tools a kanun player practises with every day.

REAL KANUN SOUND

• Six kanuns recorded course by course: concert, studio, elite, warm, bright and the classic sound

• Every string rings until it dies away, as on the instrument

• Two-handed tremolo with natural, lighter strokes after the first

• Glissando: sweep across the strings and every course you cross sounds

• Low latency touch: the string sounds the moment you touch it

MANDALS AND MAKAMS

• 26 courses from A2 to E6 with a mandal row on every course

• 43 makams and 10 folk ayaks: choose one and every mandal moves to its perde

• Rast, Uşşak, Hicaz, Hüseyni, Kürdi, Nihavend, Segah, Saba, Bayati, Hüzzam and 20 core makams free

• Turkish mandals (72 steps to the octave), Arabic maqam quarter-tone levers (urab) or exact AEU pitches

• Flip any mandal yourself while you play; a mandal chart shows the whole instrument

• Perde names on the strings: Turkish names, Do Re Mi or C D E

LEARN

• Seyir: hear each makam's path on the kanun, then play it with a glowing guide

• 53 folk songs to listen to (at 50, 75 or 100 percent tempo, on repeat) and to play

• Ear training: intervals, Kürdi, Segah or Buselik, çeşni and makam recognition

• Makam tuner: tune your own kanun against the makam in komas and cents

USUL AND IQA

• 21 Turkish usuls from sofyan to curcuna and 8 Arabic iqa'at: maqsum, baladi, saidi, malfuf, wahda and more

• Darbuka, bendir, def, kudüm or davul, with velvele fills and a tempo you set

RECORD AND SHARE

• Record your playing with every mandal and koma, and the usul under it

• Share as audio (WAV) or as MIDI with the microtones kept

MADE FOR PLAYERS

• Octave doubling for the left hand, tremolo by holding a finger on a string

• String height you choose, all 26 courses at once on tablets

• 18 languages

• No interstitial ads. One purchase unlocks everything for good, no subscription

Professional Qanun is for kanunîs, students and everyone who loves the sound of the qanun, from Istanbul to Cairo, Baghdad and Tehran.