Kumuz

Not to be confused with Komuz.
Kumuz
String instrument
Other namesAgach-kumuz
Classification Plucked
Related instruments

The kumuz (Kumyk: къумуз, хомус, romanized: qumuz, xomus) or agach-kumuz (Kumyk: агъач-къумуз, romanized: ağaç-qumuz) is a stringed instrument used by the Kumyks of Dagestan, in the Russian Caucasus. It has three strings and is fretted.[1] Scholars have noticed the similarity in name to the Kyrgyz komuz, but note the kumuz is perhaps more closely related to the other lutes of the Caucasus.[1][2][3]

Legendarily, the Kumyk poet Irchi Kozak cured the sick with the music of his agach-kumuz.[4]

  1. ^ a b Mark Slobin. Kirgiz Instrumental Music. Theodore Front Music. pp. 11–. ISBN 978-0-614-16459-6. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  2. ^ https://stringedinstrumentdatabase.aornis.com/datumbazo/a.htm Stringed Instrument Database: A
  3. ^ https://atlasofpluckedinstruments.com/middle_east.htm#dagestan Atlas of Plucked Instruments: Dagestan
  4. ^ Soi︠u︡z pisateleĭ SSSR. (1973). Soviet literature. Foreign Languages Publishing House. p. 60. Retrieved 24 August 2012.