Chogur

The name "chogur" comes from the Turkic word "chagyr" (translated - "call"). That is, the word means "a musical instrument designed to appeal to God, to the Truth." Later it took such a phonetic form as “chogur”.

In ancient times, Chogur, judging by various historical sources, was used as a military musical instrument to raise morale among warriors. In the annals of "Chahanara- Shah Ismail Safavi ", which tells about the beginning of the XVI century , it says ^[1] :

Ali Reza Yalchin in his work “The Age of Turkmens in the South”, talks about 9 strings, 15 hands and a beautiful timbre of Chogur. Judging by historical facts, we can conclude that in the XII - XIII centuries , the Chogur came to replace the gopuzu of ozanov, and in the XV - XVI centuries saz replaced the last. Some varieties of Chogur that were widespread in the Caucasus , as well as among Iraqi Turkmens, have survived to this day.

The chogur stored in the foundation of the Museum of History of Azerbaijan has three paired strings and 22 handles . The case by assembly method is made of mulberry wood . The top of the case has a wooden coating with a thickness of 0.4 mm (rather 4 mm). The neck and the head of the instrument are made of walnut , while the splitting of the pear tree. Two resonant holes are drilled on the sides of the hull and several holes are located on the upper deck.

• Length - 880 mm
• Case length - 400 mm
• Width - 225 mm
• Height - 140 mm. .
• The number of fingers on the neck is 22.
• The range of chogur is from “to” the small octave to the “salt” of the second octave.

Chogur can be used as a solo and ensemble instrument.

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