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Violins accompanied the igil, a horse-hair fiddle, the shoor, a vertical flute, and the bowed byzanche (pictured below).
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Alash features the 2008 Tuvan national grand-prize-winner Bady-Dorzhu Ondar on the two-stringed bow igil, as well as other recent national honorees Ayan-ool Sam, Ayan Shirizihik, and Nachyn Choodu.
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reesetee commented on the word igil
A two-stringed Tuvan musical instrument, played by bowing the strings (called "ikil" in Western Mongolia.) The neck and lute-shaped sound box are usually made of a solid piece of pine or larch.
March 20, 2008