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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;

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

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.^[1] There is a Turkic runic inscription on the neck of the clay 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

^ Sartkozhauly K. Ata dombra/Dala men qala. No. 47, 2010.

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

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