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Dombra

The dombra, also known as the dombyra (Kazakh: домбыра, dombyra; Persian: دمبوره, dambūra), is a long-necked, plucked lute used in the traditional music of the Kazakhs, Hazaras, Uzbeks, Tajiks, Nogais, Bashkirs and Tatars, and the principal national instrument of Kazakhstan. Together with the bowed fiddle qyl-qobyz, it is one of the two most widely…

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Plucked string instrument

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Etymology and names

Construction

Tuning and playing technique

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History

The küy tradition

Regional variants

Modern usage and cultural significance

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Dombra

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples90
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
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Dombra

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related to The küy tradition · 18
Dombra → Altai-style, Among Mongolian Kazakhs, China, Dairabai, Daulet-Kerey, Each, Humanity, Intangible Cultural Heritage, Intergovernmental Committee, Kazakh, Kurmangazy, Mongolia, Saida Daukeyeva, Sügir, Tattimbet, The, Toka, UNESCO's Representative List
related to history · 16
Dombra → Al-Farabi, Baghdad, Central Asia, Daulet-Kerey Shyghaiuly, Great Book, Kabir, Kazakh, Khorasan, Kitab, Kurmangazy Sagyrbaiuly, Music, Musiqa, Similar, Tattimbet Kazangapuly, The, Toka Shonmanuly
related to Etymology and names · 15
Dombra → Afghan, All, Bashkir, Central Asia, Cognate, English, Iranian, Kazakh, Middle East, Middle Persian, Persian-Arabic, Tajik, The, Turkic, Uyghur
related to Modern usage and cultural significance · 14
Dombra → Abay Qunanbaiuly, An, Astana, Dombyra Party, Ethnomusicological, July, Kazakh, Kazakhstan, National Dombra Day, Recent, Since, Sunday, The, Ulytau
related to Tuning and playing technique · 8
Dombra → D-G, Eight, In, Kazakh, Shertpe, The, Two, Tökpe
related to Construction · 6
Dombra → Badakhshani, Kazakh, The, The Afghan Hazara, Turkestani, Two
related to External links · 5
Dombra → Adai, Dina NurpeisovaKazakh, Kazakh, Kui, Nauai
related to Gallery · 2
Dombra → Dawood Sarkhosh, Hazara Dombra
Classification · 1
Dombra → Plucked string instrument

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kazakh küy instrument also two tradition strings associated used kazakhstan hazara central dombyra music national widely regional plucked lute usually

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DombraClassificationPlucked string instrument1.00infobox
jirinstance ofEight to nine frets are standard on instruments used to accompany song forms0.80text
while instruments used for the more elaborate küy repertoire usually carry between eighteeninstance ofEight to nine frets are standard on instruments used to accompany song forms0.80text
twenty-four frets.Two principal right-hand techniques are distinguishedinstance ofEight to nine frets are standard on instruments used to accompany song forms0.80text
Zayatulyakinstance ofto accompany kubair verse and traditional poetic legends0.80text
Hiuhiliuinstance ofto accompany kubair verse and traditional poetic legends0.80text
Dombrarelated to ConstructionThe0.60section
Dombrarelated to ConstructionKazakh0.60section
Dombrarelated to ConstructionTwo0.60section
Dombrarelated to ConstructionThe Afghan Hazara0.60section
Dombrarelated to ConstructionTurkestani0.60section
Dombrarelated to ConstructionBadakhshani0.60section

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