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The Kazakh Dombyra
	Kazakh dombyra, front and side view.
Classification	String instrument (Strummed string instrument)
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	321.321; (Composite chordophone)
Related instruments
	Bowed and plucked string instruments;

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The Kazakh dombyra (Kazakh: домбыра) is a fretted national musical instrument of Kazakhs that typically has two strings. The instrument has a sophisticated tradition with five music schools and thousands of compositions. The dombyra was first used in the epic tradition to accompany songs and later contributed to the formation of the genre of instrumental music, kuy (Kazakh: күй).

History

In 1986, in the Almaty Region of Kazakhstan, in the Maitobe summer camp (Kazakh: Майтөбе жайлауы), professor Sabetqazy Aqataev (Kazakh: Сәбетқазы Ақатаев) with the help of ethnographer Jağda Babylyqūly discovered a petroglyph depicting a musical instrument and four dancing people in various poses.^[1] According to the archaeologist Kemel Aqyshev, this figure comes from the Neolithic period (around 4000 BC). The rock fragment depicting this drawing is currently located in the The Ykhlas Museum of Folk Musical Instruments in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The instrument depicted on the petroglyph has a lot of resemblence to the shape of the dombyra. Thus, one can conclude that the prototype of the current dombyra was used approx. 6,000 years ago ^[2], rendering dombyra as one of the first plucked instruments.

The ancient instrument of the dombra type, found in a cave of the Jargalant Khairkhan range in the spur of the Altai Mountains, has two strings and nine keys.^[3] There is a Turkic runic inscription on the neck of the instrument.

𐰘𐰯𐰀𐰛𐰝𐰈𐰲𐰈𐰼𐰀⁚𐰾𐰋𐱅𐰓𐰢𐰕

Transliteration:ž² p r¹ küü čöre: sb²t²d²mz
Translation:The soothing music makes us fall in love

Types

Construction

Genres of music

Music schools of kuy

Prominent composers of kuy

Notes and references

External links

^ https://www.azattyq.org/a/Kazakhstan_dombra_/1605274.html
^ https://www.azattyq.org/a/Kazakhstan_Dombra_History_Culture/1328762.html
^ Sartkozhauly K. Ata dombra/Dala men qala. No. 47, 2010.

[1] ttps://www.azattyq.org/a/Kazakhstan_dombra_/1605274.html

[2] ttps://www.azattyq.org/a/Kazakhstan_Dombra_History_Culture/1328762.html

[3] Sartkozhauly K. Ata dombra/Dala men qala. No. 47, 2010.

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 ==History==
-[[File:6000 éves szilkarajz táncosokkal dombrával.jpg|thumb|left|Approx. 6000-year-old petroglyphs discovered in Kazakhstan, Almaty region, Maitobe summer camp depicting dancers with musical instrument]]
+[[File:6000 éves szilkarajz táncosokkal dombrával.jpg|thumb|left|Approx. 6000-year-old [[petroglyph]] discovered in Kazakhstan, Almaty region, Maitobe summer camp depicting dancers with musical instrument]]
-In [[1986]], in the [[Almaty Region]] of Kazakhstan, in the Maitobe summer camp ({{lang-kk|Майтөбе жайлауы}}), professor Sabetqazy Aqataev ({{lang-kk|Сәбетқазы Ақатаев}}) with the help of ethnographer [[Jağda Babylyqūly]] discovered a petroglyph depicting a musical instrument and four dancing people in various poses.<ref>https://www.azattyq.org/a/Kazakhstan_dombra_/1605274.html</ref> According to the archaeologist [[Kimal Akishev|Kemel Aqyshev]], this figure comes from the [[Neolithic period]] (around 4000 BC). The rock fragment depicting this drawing is currently located in the Yqylas Dükenuly Museum of Kazakh Folk Instruments in [[Almaty]], Kazakhstan. In the picture, the instrument depicted on the rock by a former artist is apparently very similar to the shape of the dombyra. Thus, it can be said that the prototype of the current dombyra was used approx. 6,000 years ago <ref>https://www.azattyq.org/a/Kazakhstan_Dombra_History_Culture/1328762.html</ref> and one of the first plucked instruments.
+In [[1986]], in the [[Almaty Region]] of Kazakhstan, in the Maitobe summer camp ({{lang-kk|Майтөбе жайлауы}}), professor Sabetqazy Aqataev ({{lang-kk|Сәбетқазы Ақатаев}}) with the help of ethnographer [[Jağda Babylyqūly]] discovered a petroglyph depicting a musical instrument and four dancing people in various poses.<ref>https://www.azattyq.org/a/Kazakhstan_dombra_/1605274.html</ref> According to the archaeologist [[Kimal Akishev|Kemel Aqyshev]], this figure comes from the [[Neolithic period]] (around 4000 BC). The rock fragment depicting this drawing is currently located in the [[Kazakh Museum of Folk Musical Instruments|The Ykhlas Museum of Folk Musical Instruments]] in [[Almaty]], Kazakhstan. The instrument depicted on the petroglyph has a lot of resemblence to the shape of the dombyra. Thus, one can conclude that the prototype of the current dombyra was used approx. 6,000 years ago <ref>https://www.azattyq.org/a/Kazakhstan_Dombra_History_Culture/1328762.html</ref>, rendering dombyra as one of the first plucked instruments.
 The ancient instrument of the dombra type, found in a cave of the [[Jargalant Khairkhan]] range in the spur of the [[Altai Mountains]], has two strings and nine keys.<ref>Sartkozhauly K. Ata dombra/Dala men qala. No. 47, 2010.</ref> There is a [[Old Turkic script|Turkic runic inscription]] on the neck of the instrument.