Traditional Musical Instruments of Georgia

The rich varieties of the musical instruments are known to come from Georgia. Among the most famous instruments are blown instruments  like soinari, known in Samegrelo as lachemi (Georgian panpipe), stviri (flute), gudastviri (bagpipe), string instruments change (harp), chonguri (four stringed unfretted long neck lute), panduri ( three stringed fretted long neck lute), bowed chuniri, which is also known as chianuri, and variety of drums. Georgian musical instruments are traditionally overshadowed by the rich vocal traditions of Georgia, and subsequently gained much less acceptance from the Georgian (and western) researchers. Dimitri Arakishvili and particularly Manana Shikaladze contributed to the study of musical instruments in Georgia. Wind instruments include larchemi-soinari, slamuri, pilili, gudastviri and striri, brass wind instruments are sankeri, precussion instruments include chonguri, salamuri, duduki, doli, daira, tsintsila, gudastviri, doli, daira and diplipito, chuniri, chiboni, changi, panduri, and zurna.

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