History of Music in Mongolia

Music has an important part in Mongolian culture. One of the greatest features of the Mongolian music is overtone singing, morin khuur and the horse-headed fiddle. The Mongolian music is also rich in collections related to the different ethnic groups of the country; they include Tuvans, Darhad, Hotogoid, Oirats, Buryats, Dariganga, Tsaatan, Uzemchins, Khalha, Kazakhs and Barga.

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Apart from the traditional music, the western classical music and ballet do well during the MPR. Western pop, rock genre and the mass songs are the most renowned types of the new music in Mongolia and it is written by the new authors in a type of folk songs.

Mongolians are well-known for their love for music and singing. Any of the festivities in Mongolian always turn to celebration of singing.

The horse-headed or morin khuur is a characteristically Mongolian instrument and it is also seen as the symbol of the country. The instrument has two cords. There is some argument that is based on the traditional carving of the horse on the upper end of the pegbox. Some of the researchers agree that the proof of that instrument was originally a shamanistic instrument which is the staffs of shamans that have a horse of the similar carved on top and which the horse was later revealed as animal in Mongolia.