Mongols, the incredible roaming riders made their extraordinary music instrument - the Morin khuur (steed fiddle), the image of stallion venerating custom for the steed was one of the fundamental components of the freedom and force of the Mongol all through the history. The Mongols made and utilized in excess of 400 sorts of music instruments, among which Morin khuur being most spread and acknowledged through the time.
Keeping the Morin khuur at the most regarded spot of the ger and playing the Morin khuur to call the favorable luck and avoid the shrewdness spirits, Mongolians have profound admiration to this music instrument. Morin khuur is played toward the begin of every last one of ceremonies and additionally family devour, shamaist custom and state service; and goes with regular life events like narrating at night, singing, moving and even animals grouping. There are various legends about how the Morin Khuur was initially made, all focused around a man's adoration and anguish for a dead stallion. These incorporate legend of Cuckoo Namjil', legend of Left gave khuur player' and 'White steed of c kid named Sukh' in Inner Mongolia and so forth. So focal was and still is the stallion to Mongolian society and it was enlisted to the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity recognized by UNESCO.
A great part of the standard of Mongolian execution workmanship (tune, move, verse, dramatization, stories, even favors) is indivisibly weaved with the music of the Morin Khuur. It is not just a conventional instrument; yet thought to be a charming craftsmanship and a valuable treasurer and its exceptional sound helps much to the nature of cutting edge music.
THE HISTORY
The principal recording about Mongolian khuur is identified with "Hou han shu' or the Chinese Eastern Han administration story, where its composed that 'the ruler Ling preferences Hunnu abiding, Hun couch, Hun tent, Hun khuur, Hun woodwind and Hun move'. Henceforth, the priests have bunches of contentions and battles to amuse the lord'. The Huns, precursors of the Mongols had not just the Hun khuur, the Swan head harp, additionally there were other stringed, percussion and wind music instruments like woodwind, harp, Mongolian zither, biivaa and shanagan khuur (eng: spoon fiddle). The Shanagan khuur or the scoop fiddle is named after its shape like spoon, which initially was first made of scoop secured with handled creature skin. There are numerous recordings to proof that the Chinese obtained the vast majority of Mongolian customary music instrument and afterward spread to other Asian nations. Mongolian customary music instruments are likewise spread all over Central Asia alongside its Mongolian names, seeing the hints of the go of Mongolian tribes to the West in old times. The Chinese officer Li Ling, who was prisoned by the Huns in first century A.d., once wrote in his letter that 'In harvest time, the sound of horn trumpet of Hun warriors is heard with an elevated volume and stallions neigh'. The sound of'horse neighing can be a portrayal of morin khuur. In 'Mongolian Secret History' written in thirteenth century, its said that the head of Van khaan was set on white felt floor covering and there was a huge offering custom joined by the tune of khuur. In 'Altan tovch' or 'Brilliant Chronicle' by Luvsandanzan, it says:
Your Queen Khulan
Your khuur and woodwind
The local song is there...
In the antiquated legends and stories, for example, Argasun khuurch, 'Story of Two Male Horses', "Geser" and 'Jangar', the khuur is said and talked commonly. Case in point, in the story of 'Jangar':
As the monarch Agai Shavdal
Plays her silver khuur
With 91 strings
It tunes of a swan...
G.roubruk, an explorer to Mongol Empire in thirteenth century wrote in his book that 'Amid late spring, Mongols make airag (matured horse's milk) and a khuur player sits alongside the entryway of the ger. They have numerous music instruments that are obscure and exceptionally unusual to us. As a servant in the lord's castle give a sign, there '11 be an execution of music and men move before the ruler and ladies before the monarch'.
The King Khubilai had a symphony troupe of 412 artists at his royal residence. These sorts of recordings about the aged musical conventions of the Mongols are a lot of people.
The Ladle fiddle is the beginning of present comparative music instruments utilized among Western Mongolians and also aagan khuur (mug khuur), khilduur, tovshuur (culled scoop fiddle) and different sorts. Alongside the time, it began to play the spoon fiddle with a bow which created the most well known music instrument - Morin khuur. The spoon fiddle has no stallion formed head, however steed head khuuchir is discovered once in a while. It has wooden body with cut handle and has 4 strings. The spoon fiddle or the starting manifestation of Morin khuur has variably transformed its outline, music accord, playing method and creating tone over a large number of years. The spoon body was changed over into square shape, the body spread of skin transformed into wooden board and the accord was pentatonic then quartet. The spoon fiddle was played by stooping down on the ground, then sitting on a seat, which incredibly impacted the playing system and method of the khuur. These progressions turned into the premise of current morin khuur or ikhel, an alternate kind of Morin khuur of Western Mongolians. There's likewise an announcement that it wasn't begun from the spoon fiddle, however the Morin khuur had a bow from the earliest starting point or in antiquated times the body was made of steed skull, subsequently was called as Morin khuur.
Initially the group of Morin khuur was secured with skin of goat, adolescent camel or calf for their skin was more versatile and simple to process. The skin is absorbed soured milk for 6-7 days and afterward is secured wet on the body and when dried, it was painted with mineral color, basically green or tan. The body was ornamented with typical examples. A monster head was cut under the stallion head to favor favorable luck and good fortune. Later the steed head was painted with green as the green is the image of peace and fruitfulness, additionally it may have symbolized the green stallion of Maitreya, the Buddha of Future.
The strings of Morin khuur is made of dark or tan tail hair of male emasculated steed. The hair of race stallion tail or of stallion and horse are thought to be not suitable for being debilitated by sweat and hormone and its an unthinkable to utilize dead horse's tail. Once when the suitable tuft of horsetail hair is chosen, its cleaned in bubbling water 2-3 times and after that stre
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