Along the Tarim arrives October 27, 2026 — a new musical release inspired by the Tarim River, childhood dreams, and the pull of a homeland that never quite lets go.

The Doshpuluur (Tuvan: дошпулуур, Chinese:图瓦三弦 ) is a Tuvan lute made from wood, usually pine or larch. The doshpuluur is played by plucking and strumming. There are different designs of doshpuluur. One version has a semi-rectangular soundbox, which is covered on both sides by goatskin and has no frets on the beck. The other has a rounded soundbox made mostly of wood with a small goat or snakeskin covering over the front side, although hard to find it is said that this varian

Сонау алыс ауылда（Kazakh Version） Сонау алыс ауылда, Қалды – ау сүйген жар. Аттанарда қош дей алмай, Болдым – ой, зар қайран жалған. Кең даланың шөлінде, Құлазыдым, Кең деуші еді бұл дүние, Не деген тар қайран жалған. Көз шаршады қайтайын Қарлы таудан. Неге ерте енбедік біз, Нардың салған қайран жалған. Айрылдық па шынымен, Туған жерден. Бота боздап сорлаған ел, Көші ауған қайран жалған. Out at That Far Away Place（English Version） Out on an encampment far away, Sits my

The Duyuglar (Chinese spelling: Dù yóu gélā ěr (杜尤格拉尔); Tuvan spelling: дуюглар (meaning "horse hooves")), is a self-sounding perc

Learn more about this rare instrument from western China.

The Tsuur (Chinese name: 苏尔; Tuvan name: шоор) is a grass flute, made of the stalk of a grass traditionally, similar to many flutes, is a Tu

The Tambur (Uyghur: تانبۇر, Tambur) is an Uyghur and Uzbek stringed instrument. It has a long history, a simple shape, beautiful sound, and a unique local style, often used for solo performances. In the Chinese historical records, there are translated names such as “dān bù'ěr”, “dān bù'ěr” and “dān bù ěr”. The body is wooden and the shape is scooped. The body is slender and entangled with steel strings between 16 and 20 gauge. The instrument has a very special crisp sound. 弹

The shepherd will change and will travel soon. How far is their destination? How lush is the green grass there? My beloved girl is about to travel, her place, is it far away from me, or is it close at hand? Without a horse, my life will no longer make sense. Without my beloved, my frozen heart will be hard to be warmed up... Let us follow the melody of this beautiful Tuvan poetic lyrical song Amdy Baryp and realize the most simple emotions of the nomads... 牧人转场，即将远行。要去的目的地，究

The twelve-string guitar, as its name suggests, is the "12-string guitar". The number of strings is large and the width of the neck is widened. You must press two strings at the same time. The charm is that you can play the six-string guitar with a kind of natural harmony added. The wide-range range of sound truly adds power. The 12-string modulation is the same as the corresponding substring chord, and a given string and its corresponding substring are one octave apart. Chor

The seasons change, and the times are repeated, never stopping. Every year, every reincarnation ends, and another spring and autumn. The winter will pass, the summer will come, but the summer will disappear one day, and the next winter will come again. The world is so wonderful that people have to be total awe. Through this Vietnamese song "Four Seasons like Leaves", we may have more thoughts and feelings about the meaning of time and life... Vietnamese Original Lyrics Các

The Dan Bau is a very unique and simple instrument. It is said that the strings of the early instrument were made of silk. The production of today's Dan Bau is dominated by steel strings. Here we want to tell some folk stories about the origin of the instrument. Living Mythologies member Tran Nguyen There is a beautiful legend about it's origin from the south of China. In the legend, it is considered to have been a specialty instrument of the Nanhai Dragon Palace. The long

Byzaanchy (Tuva: бызаанчы; Russian: Бизанчи; also transliterated as byzanchi or byzanchie) is a four-string vertical “huqin” used within traditional tuvan music. Tuvans who play Byzaanchy number fewer than Tuvans that play Igil. In fact, the look is similar to an instrument called sihu in China. However, the byzaanchy's resonator hull is usually made of wood or the horn of a cow, while the sihu tends to have a metal base. Byzaanchy's hull can be cylindrical or less commonly s

Hello everyone, today we will introduce you to a special miniature instrument used in Living Mythologies - the turkic Khomus. The Khomus is popular among Chinese Mongolian people, such as Yi, Hui, Daur, Oroqen, Ewenki, Hezhe, Manchu, and Yunnan ethnic minorities as well as the Russian Tuvans, that Altains and the people of Yakutsk, etc. Among all of these, in the Oroqen language the instruments is called the "Minuka", and also called "Tian En Gong" (meaning the sound of iro

Today, we will introduce you to a plucked instrument in Living Mythologies, the Rawap. Rubbab, robab, rabab, Uighur: راۋاپ (rawap), Uzbek: рубоб (rawap), Chinese: 热瓦甫, is an Uyghur, Uzbek, Tajik stringed instrument. Popular in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and other countries. According to legend, it was created in the fourteenth century. According to Mullah Aismu Tulamuji, "The History of Musicians", the Rawap originates from Kashgar Rawap

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