Komuz is a plucked stringed musical instrument of the Kirgiz people. The translated names are also Kumuzi and Kaumuz. Popular in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Kyzilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture Artush, Uqa, Aktao, Aheqi, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Turks and other places.
The shape of the Komuz is similar to the ancient Mongolian stringed instrument Huobusi, but it is quite different from the Huobusi in shape.
Folk traditional Komuz is made from a whole piece of apricot wood and uses gut strings.
In the Komuz in the Tianshan Mountains such as Turks, the resonance box is flat gourd-shaped; while in the Komz in the Pamir Mountains such as Artush and Uqa, the resonance box is unequally flat and hexagonal, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. , the top is connected to the neck, and the bottom is the tail. The modern commez consists of a sound box, a headstock, a neck, a peg, a bridge and strings.
It is often made of apricot, mulberry and white pine, with a body length of 88 cm. The sound box is flat and flat, in the shape of a gourd. The head and neck are made of a single piece of wood, the headstock is unadorned, the string grooves are opened at the back, three pegs are placed on the left side, the neck is slender, and the front is a fretboard, with no grades.