Kubuzi's playing method and several pieces

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When playing Kubuzi, you should sit in a sitting position, with your legs flat, and use your knees to clamp the lower part of the piano box.

Kubuzi's playing method and several pieces

Holding the piano in the left hand, use the fingertips of the index finger, middle finger, and ring finger to the outside of the first joint, and press the strings from the inside to the outside.

The tuning is g, a, d1, the range is g-g2, and there are two octaves. Soft and beautiful sound. Can be used for solo, instrumental ensemble or to accompany folk songs and dances.

The more famous ones are "Altai", "Black Horse" and so on. This reformed Kubuzi is a stringed instrument with local characteristics, which has been used in Kazakh national bands.

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Kubuzi (pinyin: kù bù zī) is a traditional musical instrument of Kazakh and other Central Asian nationalities. Its founder was Kurkut, a shaman at the end of the eighth century. Chinese also translated as Hobbes, Hobbes, Kebuzi and so on. With a long history, simple construction and soft sound, it is used for solo, ensemble or accompaniment.