Altai musical instruments

thumb|upright|Tsuur player The tsuur (цуур, Mongolian), choor (Kyrgyz), chuur (шоор, Tuvan), sybyzgy (Kazakh), or kurai (Bashkir) is an end-blown flute of varying lengths that is common among Inner Asian pastoralists.

The tovshuur, also known as topshur or topshuur (Mongolian Cyrillic: ; ; Mandarin Chinese: 托布秀尔 Tuō bù xiù ěr) is a two- or three-stringed lute played by the Western Mongolian (Oirats) tribes called the Altai Urianghais, the Altais, Tuvans, and Khalkha peoples. The topshur is closely tied to the folklore of Western Mongolian people and accompanied the performances of storytellers, singing, and dancing. According to descriptions given by Marco Polo, the Mongols also played the instruments before a battle.