Bambir: chida ichi ndi chiyani, mbiri, phokoso, kusewera

Bambir ndi chida choimbira choweramira chomwe chinapangidwa m'madera aku Armenia a Javakhk, Trabizon, m'mphepete mwa Black Sea.

Bambir ndi kemani ndi chida chimodzi, koma pali kusiyana kumodzi: kemani ndi yaying'ono.

Mbiri ya bambira imayamba m'zaka za zana la 9. Izi zinakhazikitsidwa pofukula zinthu zakale ku Dvin, likulu lakale la Armenia. Kenako wofukula zakale anapeza mwala ndi munthu wojambulapo, yemwe ali ndi chida choimbira paphewa pake, chinthu chofanana ndi violin. Anthu a m’zaka za m’ma 20 anachita chidwi ndi zimene anapezazo ndipo anaganiza zozipanganso. Chotsatira chake chinali ndi mawu omwe amatha kufotokozedwa ngati tenor, alto, komanso mabass.

Amayimba kemani atakhala, pamalo pomwe chidacho chimakhala pakati pa mawondo a munthu. Ndi zingwe zinayi zokha, mutha kusewera ziwiri kapena zitatu nthawi imodzi. Imasinthidwa kukhala wachisanu kapena chachinayi, ndipo mawu ake amachokera ku octave in la little mpaka octave in la two.

Pakalipano, chida ichi chimatengedwa ngati chida chowerengeka ku Armenia; nyimbo ndi magule ambiri amachokera pa izo. Munjira zambiri, amafanana ndi violin, koma amasiyana ndi mawu ake apadera.