Mongolian national instrument- Horse Fiddle

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kaliyarivet (2 years ago) Awesome! Mongolian music is awesome!
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bamaa4141 (2 years ago) world best music!
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turbold1 (2 years ago) sain bain. good job.
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SloopJon (2 years ago) Big ups for sharing this culture with us!
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eyepoo (2 years ago) Having played an instrument with four strings and not having been able to get any result a fraction as beautiful and interesting as this, I am deeply impressed by how much skill these musicians have. It's great to see instruments uninfluenced by the western standard!
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Saiaopinoi (2 years ago) I do love native Asian music. Period. From the steppe of Mongolia to the palaces of ancient China, Korea and Japan to Buddhist music of Bhutan and the marching bands of the Arabs. To the gong musics of Indonesia, Philippines and MAlaysia to the classical music India-style---Asian music are very interesting and distinct.
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loveableforeva (2 years ago) mongolian pride all the way i got one of those horse fiddles at home but no one in my house knos how to play it lol its really hard i tried
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gtoland (2 years ago) Another example of the value of the internet. Many of us from around the world are shown something of beauty and value from a culture that we would otherwise be totally ignorant of. Also, a video like this becomes one more archive. Of course the best archive of any culture is it's perpetuation in the hearts and performances of subsequent generations. When we no longer have anyone who can do a live performance of this music and it is ONLY in video archives we will be forever poorer. Thank you.
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LoneHarper (2 years ago) I've long been an Irish fiddle connoissuer, but these guys just blew me away! Thank you for bringing something new and so wonderful into my musical experience.
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tomberntson (2 years ago) that is absolutely awesome! Just hearing it brings to mind horses, the rythm of the hooves and breathing...you people that say this sucks have never ridden a horse obviously
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rakanzrib (2 years ago) EXACTLY, thanks tomberntson; its called CULTURAL RELATAVISM people!
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rakkav (2 years ago) I disagree. This is high culture, period. "Cultural relativism" implies the naturalistic fallacy (what is, is valid). Every culture has its perversities, including our own; and not every culture has to have our culture's strengths in order to be valid.
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rakkav (2 years ago) It sounds as if they had a bit of trouble centering on their native tuning at first, but otherwise -- that was exquisitely evocative! Like the old Irish with the harp, so the Mongolians with the fiddle: one should be in every home.
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DawaDongrub (2 years ago) this is lovely! Mash saihan bain!

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blogbat (2 years ago) Wow. As a horse-owner and a cellist I am just in awe. This is why I love Mongolian music and I could listen to these guys all day.
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matthew1906 (2 years ago) I have read that more Mongolian songs are about a man's devotion to his horse than are about a man's love for a woman. My kind of place. I have a scar on my leg from a horse that threw me. A woman did me some harm on occasion as well. ...I still say kind words about the horse.
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pisdaaaaa (1 year ago) dude u my kind of guy!!!!
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ser11maggie (1 year ago) miss the music, culture and the contry.. awesome
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Syllbaba (1 year ago) that's why it's easier to learn 'your' instruments. They need to learn how to make different sounds with only two strings...ya never heard of violin I guess...less strings, harder to learn (like the hardest ocarina is the one with 2-4 holes not the one with 6-8)
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Urdunchimeg (1 year ago) the more strings, the easier it is to make music...the less strings the harder. Just like trumpet, it is harder than many instrument because you have to create an entire musical scale with only 3 keys.
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AARONL8 (1 year ago) sound is so good
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Urdunchimeg (1 year ago) so beautiful, I adore this music, im sorry to see that there are negative comments on this video as in many other mongol videos. Some people need to learn the splendors of this mongol civilization and to be more tolerant of other people's ways. And if they dont like it then let them just not watch the video instead of posting negativly and ruining it for those who love this music!
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boyfrmLondon (1 year ago) Waaw!!! Great! The fiddle has only two strings (it is the predecessor of classical four-string fiddle), it must be much more difficult to play it than the four-string fiddle.
As it is originated from Mongolia, the bow of any fiddle is made of Horse hair. This instrument having a very long history, has thus the Horse head.
Thanks to Mongols!
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[Editor: These next three comments are written in response to a deleted comment Dragova from who indicated that the morin khuur came from Persians.]

galaarid (1 year ago) No allready during 1105 chinese notice thad Kumosi (mongolic tribe) fiddle like instrument with two strings. Mongolians reached Iran only century later. Therefore ur instrument is not ancestor of morin khuur.
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boyfrmLondon (1 year ago) yes. morin khuur has a very ancient history that you can't imagine. as I am researcher in this field, I know it and there are archeological findings showing that. Dragova heard one of those erroneous interpretation by persians (I know they can say whatever:).

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pisdaaaaa (10 months ago) dragovoda you just a hater everyone knows that the morin huur is from mongolia!!
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TurkcuDirenis1518 (1 year ago) very good. 5 *
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Theboogeyman69ECW (1 year ago) Yea!. Very good!.
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sarimsok (3 months ago) wow that was amazing
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Solronggoseu (3 months ago) bravo