Engineering:Kumuz
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Short description: Turkic stringed musical instrument
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| Other names | Agach-kumuz |
| Classification | Plucked |
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The kumuz or agach-kumuz is a stringed instrument used by the Kumyks of Dagestan, in the Russian Caucasus. It has three strings and is fretted.[1] Scholars have noticed the similarity in name to the Kyrgyz komuz, but note the kumuz is perhaps more closely related to the other lutes of the Caucasus.[1][2][3]
Legendarily, the Kumyk poet Irchi Kozak cured the sick with the music of his agach-kumuz.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mark Slobin. Kirgiz Instrumental Music. Theodore Front Music. pp. 11–. ISBN 978-0-614-16459-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=uIRnaq0_Il8C&pg=PA11. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ https://stringedinstrumentdatabase.aornis.com/datumbazo/a.htm Stringed Instrument Database: A
- ↑ https://atlasofpluckedinstruments.com/middle_east.htm#dagestan Atlas of Plucked Instruments: Dagestan
- ↑ Soi︠u︡z pisateleĭ SSSR. (1973). Soviet literature. Foreign Languages Publishing House. p. 60. https://books.google.com/books?id=Tgh9AAAAIAAJ. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
See also
- Chonguri, Georgian fretless lute
- Panduri, Georgian fretted lute
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