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Article · Dialnet · January 1, 2020

Kyl-Kobyz and related musical instruments of central Asian Turkic peoples

M.S. Medeubek, Сауле Исхаковна Утегалиева, Yersaiyn Bassykara, Sagatbek M. Medeubek, Tulepbergen Tokzhanov

Abstract

This article is for the first time devoted to a comparativetypological study of related bowed instruments such as Kyl-Kobyz, \nKyl-Kyyak, Kobuz, which were distributed among the Turkic peoples \nof mainly Central Asia and adjacent territories of Eurasia. As a result, \nthe main function of the kylkobyz instrument is associated with \nshamans. Among Kazakhs, shamans reached the XX century. In \nconclusion, the issue of not losing the traditional theme in the modern \nworld is very important. Research in this direction will help preserve \nthe traditional features of the stringed instruments of the Turkic \npeoples of Central Asia.

Cultural and Sociopolitical StudiesMusicology and Musical AnalysisDiverse Musicological StudiesTurkic peoplesCentral AsiaKazakhs

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