Sybyzgy

Sybyzgy ( Bashk. Ҙғybyҙғy , Karach. - balcony . Sybyzgy , foot. Sybyzy , Kazakh. Sybyzy , Russian Chibizga , Tat. Sybyzy ) - a wind musical instrument. A genus of open longitudinal flute of the type of Bashkir and Tatar kurai . Length is 600-650 mm. 4-hole sonic scale: d1 - e1 - fis1 - g1 - a1; with 6 holes: c1 - d1 - e1 - f1 - g 1 - a1 - h1. It is rare today ^[1] .

Sybyzgy
Sybyzgy on a postage stamp of the USSR (1990)
Classification	Wind instrument , Aerofon
Related tools	Flute , Kurai , Pipe

In Kazakhstan, there are two varieties of sybyzgy associated with different performing traditions. So the eastern sybyzgy has a cone-shaped, shorter in length and small in diameter shape, the western variety is larger and longer.

Musical instruments similar to sybyz exist among many Eurasian peoples: kaval - among the Hungarians, Moldavians and Bulgarians, kurai - among the Bashkirs, Gargs tyuduk - among the Turkmens, tzoor - among the Mongols, shoor - among the Altai, choor - among the Kyrgyz and many others. Currently, sybyzgy is a part of all Kazakh musical and ethnographic groups.

“Sopil. A nozzle, a nozzle, a nozzle, a pipe played, a pipe, sipovka, chibizga, a chakan from an elderberry stick, bark from a willow tree, etc. Duda. Pipe, tube, barrel. Folk musical device among shepherds, children, wretched, rarely used together with other instruments; it is made of elder cane, reeds, and willow bark removed from early spring (sipovka, nozzle, chibizga) ”(V. Dal).