Komuz

Komuz ( Kyrgyz: комуз, qomuz, gopuz Azeri, Turkish kopuz, in the south of Kyrgyzstan chertmek ) is a two - or three-stringed, plucked lute without frets. It is distributed in Central Asia and particularly enjoys great popularity in Kyrgyzstan.

The komuz is the national instrument of Kyrgyzstan and imaged onto the back of the 1 -Som - slip.

After Curt Sachs is kopuz an old Turkish lute, whose name and shape for the Yemeni qanbus, similar audio instruments in Arabia and East Africa, and was indirectly for the Malay Gambus lute model. The name komuz is related, among others, Koby, a Kazakh stringed lute and xomus ( khomus ), a Tuvan Jew's Harp.

According to popular belief the komuz was the first Kyrgyz musical instrument. The mythical hunter Kambar introduced it to educate his children and grandchildren with music and songs about courage and bravery. It is similar to the Koby in Kazakhstan, the traditional accompaniment of the Kyrgyz Epensängers ( Baksi or jyrau corresponds to the ashyg ) and shamans, who plays instead of the usual shaman drum. After a description of 1884 two shamans acted together. While one is dancing in an ecstatic state and attached to a wooden stick Brett shook with iron clamps, sang and played the others to the komuz. The related on the design and standing in similar high esteem long-necked lute dombra in Kazakhstan applies analogously as an invention of the narrative character Dede Korkut.

A completely different Kyrgyz musical instrument is the jew's harp temir - komuz.