AchanzyorChanzi,Tyanziis a three-stringedluteinstrument from theTuvan Republic.[1]It looks like a long-neckedbanjowith a skin head (goat or snake skin) glued over a heart or kidney-shaped wooden hoop body.[2]The neck is (660 mm) long and made of pine wood. Some models have frets, others not or only drawn on. Usually it has two similar sound-holes and some painted decoration. It is most commonly used to accompanythroat singing. Like on thedoshpuluurthe three (nylon) strings are tuned by modern guitar tuners, the extra long tuning pegs, on some instruments, are just for decoration. Often thepeg-headhas a carving of a horse head (very common on instruments around Mongolia). It produces a louder tone than thedoshpuluur,and is commonly used throughout Central Asia.[3]
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| String instrument | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Chanzi, Tyanzi |
| Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 321.322 |
| Developed | Tuva.. |
| Related instruments | |
| Doshpuluur,Topshur,Shanzy,Shamisen | |
The 3 guitar-strings run over a rather large loose bridge on the skin to a wooden string-holder, which is fixed with a rope to a pin on the bottom of the body. It has nylon strings and it can be tuned F2, C3, F3 or D2, A2, D3, or C2, G2, C3; from the top string to the bottom one. The top and the middle strings have a fifth between them. The middle and bottom strings have a fourth between them. Therefore, the top and bottom strings have an octave between them.
Thechanzyis played strumming - by sweeping the thumb or a plectrum up or down across the strings - (usually only the first string is fingered, the other string(s) are drones), to accompanyOvertone singing.
Kongar-ool Borisovich Ondarwas a master Soviet and RussianTuvan throat singerwho also played the chanzy.
See also
edit- Listen toChoduraa Tumatperforms songs with khoomei and chanzy[4]
References
edit- ^"The Stringed Instrument Database".Archivedfrom the original on 2016-06-02.
- ^"ATLAS of Plucked Instruments".atlasofpluckedinstruments.Retrieved2021-04-18.
- ^"Alash Ensemble - Chanzy".alashensemble.Retrieved2021-04-18.
- ^"Choduraa Tumat - WOMEX".womex.Retrieved2021-04-17.