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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 ...
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
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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