Kyrgyz music

thumb|right|Aytysh competition Aitysh is the name for the primarily folk-oriented, oral tradition of improvised singing and oratory between two parties referred to in Kazakh as akyns, though it is found among virtually all turkic peoples. Each akyn sits next to the other, while taking turns strumming a folk instrument, and responding with rhymed improvisational verses – komuz in Kyrgyz tradition, bağlama in Turkish tradition and dombra in Kazakh tradition, though some traditions such as Meykhana in Azerbaijan are mostly acapella.

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