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Kumuriyi overview

Kumuriyi

Kumuriyi (pinyin: kù mù rì yī) is a Tajik plucked stringed musical instrument. Also known as Kumuri. The shape is the same as Dolangewafu and Rebub, and it is generally used for religion. Popular in Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

In the long old society, it was the same as the Balangzi Kumu. The feudal superstition gave Kumuri a religious color. Whether it was singing and dancing in celebrations, weddings, or in daily entertainment, people could not play it. Kumuriyi, which can only be played during funerals for the deceased and when the "Kasuyi" mourning music is played. With the accompaniment of it and Balangzi Kumu, the deceased can enter heaven; after the 1950s, The Tajiks broke the superstition and used the Kumu Riyi in the accompaniment of folk songs and dances. It belongs to the bass stringed instrument.

The traditional Kumu Riyi is composed of a resonance box, headstock, piano rod, peg, bridge and strings. 27 cm wide. Montama leather, the curved back is carved with exquisite flowers, plants, birds and birds, the upper end of the speaker is decorated with a wooden wing-like device, and the front of the piano bar is the fingerboard. On the back of the headstock, there are six or ten strings in the groove, and one string is placed on the upper left side of the stem, with seven or eleven gut strings attached.



  • Chinese name:Kumuriyi
  • type:bass strings
  • origin:Tajik
  • Pinyin:kù mù rì yī

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