Musical Traditional Instruments
The most popular traditional instruments are string instruments. First of them is the Dombra, the most popular and the oldest Kazakh music instrument. Some argue that nomands have used similar two-string instruments more than two thousand years ago. Dombra is a long necked lute with (originally) two strings tuned in the interval of a fifth.
The other instrument playing an important role is the Qobyz, which belongs to the fiddle instruments made of carved wood for the body, animal skin for the resonator, and horse hair for the strings, and the bow. The Qobyz is said to have been invented by the legendary shaman Qorqyt, long before the medievial ages. The "Zhetigen" ("Seven strings") could be seen as a member of the cither family, finding equivalents in China, with the strings being divided each in two parts of different lengths, the bridge being movable and consisting of small bone.
For more information on individual instruments, see:
- Dombra
- Kobyz
- Jew's harp
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