Uzbek musical instruments
What maybe more pleasant than hearing the sound of karnai (weddning horn) early in the morning from a wedding party in your neighbourhood that calls everyone to come and taste a wedding plov or shurva (soup)? What may be more pleasant than eating plov or shurva at nonushta (early morning meal for neighbours and relatives at weddings - lit. translated as breakfast) and listening to shoshkaqoms? Everyone who lives and happened to live in an Uzbek community should agree with me.
If you have never been to Uzbekistan and never lived in Uzbek community, here is a very good video that gives a chance to enjoy fascinating sound of Uzbek musical instruments.
Charming, isn’t it?
on March 25th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Tolkun,
Thank you for the interesting article. I mostly agree with you except your words about karnay.
I find this instrument’s sound extremely annoying. I think it was meant to sound too loud and distracting because I suspect it was not originally a musical instrument but just a tool to warn people off something important taking place.
on April 5th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
nevermind, that’s our national instrument no matter who and how plays it
on April 6th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
I don’t mind. I think it is a national instrument but not musical instrument.
on May 27th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Hi Tolkun!
Never heard Uzbek music before — I like it! Am also interested in ethnic horns of all kinds — apart from travelling to Uzbekistan, how could one obtain a karnai?