IGIL...

Tuvan equivalent of the Mongolian Morin- huur.This is a two stringed instrument which is bowed and not plucked. sound is produced by touching the strings rather than by pressing them onto the fingerboard. Radik of Yat kha plays the Igil as his main instrument.www.yat-kha.com

For information about Tuva click on the link www.tuvatrader.com

For information about throat singing go to www.overtone.ru

 

Full size drawing of an original morin huur and igil. click on image
Igil
Morin huur

Morin huur : as played in Mongolia and Tuva. This is a very important instrument to the peoples of those countries.This is a fantastic sounding instrument especially when accompanying Throat singing, I.e. Khoomei. Examples can be heard through www.yat-kha.com

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