Folk music

This section of the CD "Unknown Land Kyrgyzstan" presents 42 Kyrgyz melodies, both traditional ones and those composed by the famous Kyrgyz composers.

The melodies make the CD especially fascinating.

The melodies are performed on the Kyrgyz popular musical instruments. The table presents instruments and examples of melodies performed on these instruments:

komuz	Parizat.Folk
temir komuz	Swing.Burulcha
jigach ooz komuz	A cuckoo.Folk
kyl kiyak	A perfect valley. M.Kurenkeev
choor and chopo choor	White pigeon.Folk

From the ancient times the Kyrgyz people were famous for their musical talents. The Kyrgyz traditional musical instruments were formed and perfected during the whole history of the Kyrgyz people and were shaped as they are in the 16th century.

The most popular Kyrgyz traditional musical instrument is komuz, a three-string pinch musical instrument made of wood of an apricot-tree.

Kyl kiyak, a two-string bow musical instrument the sounding-board of which is usually made of camel leather, is also very popular.

Interesting traditional musical instruments are: temir komuz, a mouth musical instrument made of iron, and jigach ooz komuz made of wood.

Among traditional musical wind instruments the most popular are: choor, a pipe-shaped wooden musical instrument, and chopo choor, a ball-shaped wind musical instrument made of clay.

As an example, we give the pictures from the monitor screen:

The most popular Kyrgyz musical instruments are:

komuz kyl kiyak temir komuz and chopo choors jigach ooz komuz and choor