Strings one and three are tuned to the tonic, and strings two and four to the fifth. The bow strings are split in two, with half going between string one and two, and the other half between strings three and four. The resonator is pierced by the neck, and the neck has four pegs inserted from the back. The movable bridge in this instance is carved from bone in the shape of two liondogs, and the strings go through the bridge rather than over it. The sihu has a wooden resonator covered with skin, in this instance with python skin. The sihu is two-string stick-fiddle from Mongolia, and Inner Mongolia, in China. A good player can imitate the sounds of a young pony, stimulating the mare to produce milk, which is a staple of the Mongolian diet. Held like a cello between the knees, the morin khuur has a rich tone and a wide pitch range. The strings are fretted with the top of the fingernails, which is quite painful when starting to learn the instrument. The instrument shown has a skin top and back and a movable bridge. Traditionally the morin khuur had a goat, camel or sheep skin top, but contemporary instruments use wooden tops and backs. The resonator is trapezoidal and sometimes can be thinner at the top in both width and depth. Contemporary instruments use nylon strings, and sometimes silk strings in Inner Mongolia (as shown). The strings are traditionally horsehair: 130 strands for the male string and 105 for the female string. Two pegs are inserted from the sides of the long neck which at the bottom continues through the body. The instrument usually has a carved horsehead scroll. It is also known as matoqin in Inner Mongolia, and ikili in the Altai Republic. The morin khuur is a two-string stick-fiddle from Mongolia. See an interesting article on the izezse here. The izeze is both an ensemble and a solo instrument and usually accompanies vocal music.The instrument pictured was presented to Randy Raine-Reusch as a personal gift from the Zawose family. Their patriarch Hukwe Zawose is said to have invented the izeze from the one-string zeze, however it is more likely that he popularized it, as he had recorded with Peter Gabriel and other international artists. The Zawose family of performers are maintaining the tradition of the izeze with performances around the world. The strings run over the movable bridge, with at least one running through the bridge as an open string. Traditionally the strings were fibre or sinew but now are metal. The tuning pegs are inserted into the rear of the neck. The gourd resonator is covered with goat, reptile, or snakeskin and is pierced by the neck. The small 4 string izeze is usually bowed, and the larger instruments are bowed and/or plucked. The izeze is a four to fourteen string stick-zither of the Wagogo people, of Tanzania, that comes in various sizes. It is thought to have come to Korea from Mongolia. The haegum is used in a number of court and folk music ensembles. This method of fretting makes the deep vibrato common in Korean traditional music easily and efficiently performed. This makes the haegum one of the most challenging stick-fiddles to play in tune, and yet this is achieved with great accuracy by good players. Fretting the haegum is unique, rather than only lightly touching the strings as is normal with stick fiddles, the fundamental technique is to pull the strings towards the neck to achieve pitch with the the first three fingers of the left hand, and then higher pitches are reached through tension or by adding touches with the little finger. Like the Chinese erhu, the bowstring goes between the strings. Modern versions are made with a wooden top, although there are still some with a skin top. The neck penetrates the wooden resonator, and there is a movable bridge. It is one of a very few stick-fiddles that have the pegs inserted from the front. The haegum is a two-string stick-fiddle of Korea.
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