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  2. Morin khuur - Wikipedia

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    In Mongolian, the instrument is usually called morin khuur [mɔrin xʊːr] or "horse fiddle". The full Classical Mongolian name for the morin khuur is morin toloğay’ta quğur, (which in modern Khalkh cyrillic is Морин толгойтой хуур) meaning fiddle with a horse's head. Usually it is abbreviated as "Морин хуур ...

  3. Horse-head fiddle - Wikipedia

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    Horse-head fiddle may refer to any of several types of bowed string instruments which often feature a carved horse's head at the peghead: Morin khuur, a Mongolian instrument; Gusle, a Balkan instrument; Igil, a Tuvan instrument

  4. List of Mongolian musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Morin Khuur (Mongolian: "морин хуур") - the national instrument of Mongolia.It is a typical Mongolian two-stringed instrument. The body and the neck are carved from wood. The end of the neck has the form of a horse-head and the sound is similar to that of a violin or a cello. The strings are made of horsetail hair.

  5. Music of Mongolia - Wikipedia

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    The horse-head fiddle, or morin khuur, is a distinctively Mongolian instrument and is seen as a symbol of the country. The instrument has two strings. There is some controversy regarding the traditional carving of a horse on the upper end of the pegbox.

  6. List of national instruments (music) - Wikipedia

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    Mongolia: morin khuur [99] [100] horse-head fiddle, igil: Two-stringed instrument, held between the legs, with a trapezoidal body and a horse's head typically carved on the upper edge of the pegbox 321.322: Montenegro: gusle [101] Stringed instrument, round, typically with one string bound at the top of the neck with a tuning peg 321.321-71 ...

  7. Music of Central Asia - Wikipedia

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    In Mongolia instruments like the morin khuur or horse-head fiddle survive today. The fiddle is widespread in the Gobi areas of central Mongolia and among Eastern Mongols, the Khuuchir and Dorvon Chikhtei Khuur being a two and four stringed spiked fiddle respectively. The resonator can be cylindrical or polygonal and made of either wood or metal.

  8. UPDATE 1-'Victory': Trump reveals name for Mongolian gift horse

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    U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday revealed the name he chose for a horse that was somewhat symbolically given to his 13-year-old son, Barron, by visiting Mongolian President Battulga ...

  9. List of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number: 321.312

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    horse-head fiddle, Mongolia, Tuva: 321.312 Two-stringed instrument, held between the legs, with a trapezoidal body and a horse's head typically carved on the upper edge of the pegbox sanshin [6] Ryukyus of Japan: 321.312-6 Three stringed banjo-like instrument, covered with snakeskin sanxian: China: 321.312