What are the Uzbek musical instruments?

The Bombur

The Bombur is an Uzbek stringed instrument. It has a long history, simple shape, beautiful sound, and unique local style, and is often used for solo, ensemble, or song and dance accompaniment, and is popular in Kashgar, Hotan, Kuqa, Urumqi, Ili, and Shanshan in Xinjiang.

According to legend, in the 14th century, there were famous folk artists who played Bombur. During the Qing Dynasty, the Bombur was included in the court's Hui music (i.e., Uyghur music). It was first popular in the southern border, the end of the 18th century to the northern and eastern borders, by the Tianshan Mountains north and south of the vast majority of the Uzbek people love, is the "Mai Xi Ruopu" and play "twelve Mukam" can not be separated from the instrument.

Playing Boolean shape like a long-handled gourd ladle, the body of the piano, long, with mulberry, walnut wood production, *** sound box was half pear-shaped, masked with tung or white pine thin plate for the surface. The instrument pole is long and thin, and the head is in the shape of a square column, without string grooves, and the T-shaped string shaft is set on it. There are 5 steel wire strings. Playing Boolean due to the different regions of the circulation of the south and north of the border. South Xinjiang bullet Boolean, is a traditional soprano musical instrument, full-length 130 centimeters, tone bright, soft; North Xinjiang bullet Boolean folk art reform has become a musical instrument. Full-length 147 cm, *** sound box is larger, range g ~ g2, tone bright, thick.

Playing, *** sound box placed on the right leg near the abdomen, the left hand holding the piano by the string, the right hand holding the plectrum string pronunciation, rich skills. Playing Boer specializes in playing passionate, rhythmic folk music, mainly for the "Uzale", "Oshak" and "Muxia Ujek" and other "twelve muqam" in the tune.

Hailed as "the treasure of the motherland's music and culture" and "a great treasure in the history of Oriental music", "twelve muqam" has been passed down for more than 1,000 years. The more famous playing Boolean solo songs are "Ai Jiem", "Lin Paite", "three geese", "to the mother's song" and so on.

The Rewap

The Rewap is an ancient stringed instrument of the Uzbek people. Bright pronunciation, distinctive and unique tone, rich in expressive power, loved by the people, often used in solo, instrumental ensemble or for the folk song and dance accompaniment. It is popular in Kashgar, Awati, Bachu, Makgaiti, Shache, Yecheng, Urumqi, Yining and Hami in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.