Dombra: kyrgyzstan musical instrument
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Dombra is a musical instrument and a lute with a long neck.
It has few characteristics as Komuz and Dutar.
In different regions, the instrument has slight differences.
The dombra of the Kazakh possesses frets and is played by drumming with the
hand or swiftly removing each string individually with an occasional hit on the
main surface of the musical instrument. The strings are are made of sinew
traditionally, while nylon strings are used in the production of the modern
dombras. Kazakh folk musician and composer Kurmangazy which had a great
influence on the development of Kazakh musical culture, including – music of
dombra, his musical composition “Adai” popular in Kazakhstan and abroad has
been one of the greatest dombra players.
Electrodombra was created in 2012.
The Turkestani and Badakhshanidamburas are fretless and has a
body and neck carved from a single block of wood and usually mulberry or
apricot.
To give a great percussive sound the dombra is played with
much banging and scratching on the instrument. The two strings are produced of
nylon or gut, they cross a brief bridge to a pin at the end of the body. The
instrument has a tiny hole in the back, while the top is of thick wood and has
some decorations.
The dombra which has the same sound as the Tatars and Bashkir
can be played by striking all the strings at the same time. The upper string
performs the bourdon tone and the lower string performs the melody, also can be
used as a solo as well as ensemble instrument.
From 12th to the 18th century, the
Bashkir sassans used dombra to accompany their poetic legends and kubairs. The
dombra was forgotten by the beginning of the 20th century. The
sassans were often the main ideologists of ethnic rebellions. It was when the
sassans were punished by the Russian administration the dombras were destroyed.
Several types were carved and carried out by the sassans in the second half of
the 20th century. In the modern day, the revivalist works continue
to manifest by the hands of Performer V. Shugayupov, the modern day dombra has
a peer-shaped or oval form.
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