komuz
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The komuz or qomuz ( , , ) is an ancient fretless string instrument used in Central Asian music, related to certain other Turkic string instruments, the Mongolian tovshuur, and the lute.
Key facts
- Instrument.name
- Komuz
- Instrument.image
- Kopuz.jpg
- Instrument.caption
- A Kyrgyz komuz
- Instrument.background
- string
- Instrument.names
- qomus gopuz (Azerbaijan) huobusi 火不思 (China) hebisi 和必斯 (China) hunbusi 渾不似 (China) kopuz (Turkey) sugudu 苏古笃 (Naxi people, China)
- Instrument.classification
- String
- Instrument.related
- Other Turkic string instruments, lute, qanbus, modern huobusi
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Playing style
- History
- Legendary origin
- Related instruments
- Modern huobosi
- Media
- Sources
- References
- External links
- See also
The komuz or qomuz ( , , ) is an ancient fretless string instrument used in Central Asian music, related to certain other Turkic string instruments, the Mongolian tovshuur, and the lute.
The instrument can be found in Turkic ethnic groups, from China to Turkey. Forms of this instrument are used in China by the Naxi people and are called Huobusi, Hebisi , and Hunbusi.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “komuz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.