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The dombra: a plucked instrument and its name
What the word dombra means, why the instrument counts as plucked, and whose musical tradition it belongs to.
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What it is
The dombra is a plucked musical instrument. Its Kazakh name is dombyra. 1
Whose tradition it belongs to
The instrument is associated with the musical tradition of the Kazakhs, and also of the Nogais and the Kalmyks. 1
What plucked means here
Plucked is a classification of the instrument, not the description of a particular school or manner of playing. 1
What is not here. Tuning, dimensions, playing technique and repertoire are not described in the revision of the source that was used, so the material does not describe them either. 1
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One instrument, several traditions
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Домбыра — казахское название
Русский ·key fact
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Шертпелі — аспаптың жіктемесі
Қазақша ·explanation
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- Version
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- Original
- Русский
- Language version
- Translated from: Русский
- Translation
- Qazaqstan-Israel editorial desk (machine-assisted draft, no language reviewer)
- Language review
- not performed by a native speaker
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- Rights cleared
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