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	Four Notes - Morin Khuur
		The two strings of the morin khuur are made to exacting specifications: the smaller is a clump of 105 strings from a mare's tail, while the bigger uses 130 hairs from a stallion's tail.
		The carved horse-head is probably a relic of the morin khuur's past use in shamanistic rituals.
		Today, the morin khuur still holds a deep-rooted seat in the Mongolian psyche, its mystical history contributing to its exalted status.
	www.fournotes.com /asia/mongolia/morin-khuur.php (433 words)

	Culture Mongolia - Morin khuur
		The morin khuur has a square or trapezoid sound-box and is covered with the skin of a goat or young camel, which is painted green.
		The strings of the morin khuur are made from the stretched long hairs gathered from the tail of a tame yet masculine horse.
		The morin khuur is the main accompaniment for the urtiin duu (long-song) and for the traditional Mongolian dance, or bii biyelgee.
	www.culture.mn /mongolia.php?recordID=morin-khuur (149 words)

	Mongol Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The morin khuur Perhaps the most ancient musical instrument of the Mongols is the "morin-khuur", invented at least a thousand years ago.
		The wooden neck and the sound box of the instrument are sometimes decorated by the five elements and the horoscope animals of the Buddhist 12-year calendar, and the symbol of eternity is depicted on the sides of the box.
		The tone of the morin khuur is tender and slightly languorous.
	www.mongolart.mn /traditional_instruments.html (286 words)

	Morin Khuur
		It was said that the Morin Khuur was born as a result of the caress that a star‑rider gave to his dead steed.
		The magical stories associated to the Morin Khuur may be a clue to its ritual use in the past.
		This indicates that the Morin Khuur was at one time shamans instruments and originally in the same way as the shamans staffs and drums represented the mythical riding animals on which the shaman rose on their journeys in the realm of the spirit world.
	www.soundtransformations.btinternet.co.uk /mongolianmusicmorinkhuur.htm (691 words)

	Mongolia Today - online magazine \| ARTS
		When a camel refuses to accept it’s first born foal, a local morin khuur player is summoned to play special songs.
		Most families consider it a special pride to own a musical instrument and, in most cases, it is morin khuur enjoying special reverence equal to that of given to scripts and books.
		Morin khuur is smartly made, differing from other musical instruments in the design and making.
	www.mongoliatoday.com /issue/4/morin_khuur.html (427 words)

	Indet CD liner notes
		khuur or fiddle, is a slow, strophic song, unmeasured, in which the structure and the text mixed with meaningless syllables, are masked by long vocalized and richly ornamented phrases.
		khuur, a khuuchir fiddle and a shanz lute.
		khuur, the ekhel is a two‑stringed fiddle whose trapezoidal sound box is covered with goat or sheep skin.
	www.soundtransformations.btinternet.co.uk /mongoliancdineditlinernotes.htm (1559 words)

	THE 800th ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREAT MONGOLIAN STATE - Melodic Morin Khuur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Morin huur, a national musical instrument is an expression of a Mongolian person respecting his horse.
		From the professional point of view, the main criterion of the Morin Khuur is to have a wooden frame.
		Morin Khuur is a national musical instrument that will never been robbed by strangers.
	www.mongolia800.mn /eng/content/view/154/47 (1122 words)

	List of masterpieces of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The morin khuur’s distinctive design is closely linked to the all-important cult of the horse.
		To this day, the morin khuur repertory has retained some ancient tunes (tatlaga) specifically intended to tame animals, a remnant of a bygone era when music was thought to possess magical functions.
		In order to safeguard the cultural and musical knowledge associated with the morin khuur, practitioners will receive financial support in exchange for transmitting their performance and craft techniques to young people.
	www.unesco.org /culture/intangible-heritage/masterpiece.php?id=72&lg=fr (478 words)

	Morin khuur - China-related Topics MM-MP - China-Related Topics
		The morin khuur or morin huur (from the Mongolian languageMongolian: морин хуур) or matouqin (from the Mandarin (linguistics)Chinese: 馬頭琴) is a chordophone of Mongolian origin whose name roughly translates as "horse-head fiddle" in English languageEnglish.
		Traditionally, the frame would have been covered with camel, goat, or sheep skin, in which case a small opening would be left in back, but in modern times, an all-wood sounding boardsound box is more common, in a style similar to European stringed instruments, including the carved f-holes.
		The morin khuur is one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity identified by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural OrganizationUNESCO.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Morin_khuur (751 words)

	Civilization.ca - Media
		Gatineau, Quebec, October 6, 2003 - The Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Embassy of Mongolia invite the public to the Canadian debut performance of the Morin Khuur Orchestra from Mongolia on Thursday, October 16, 2003 at 7:00 p.m.
		Morin Khuur means Horse Fiddle, an ancient musical instrument from Mongolia that blends the rich sounds of a cello with the finesse and complexity of a violin.
		The morin khuur, or horse fiddle, has only two strings made of specially selected and processed horsetail hairs, but its range is wide enough to play works from world classical music.
	www.civilization.ca /media/show_pr_e.asp?ID=372 (210 words)

	Morin Khuur - Self Learning Book - Culture & Traditions of Mongolia - Shop Mongolia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Morin Khuur (horse-head fiddle) is the instrument most associated with Mongolian traditions and culture.
		There are a number of legends about how the Morin Khuur was first created, all based on a man's love for a dead horse.
		So central was (and still is) the horse to Mongolian culture, that the head of the horse was placed on top of the nation's principal musical instrument, and its tail hair is used for the two strings and for the bow.
	www.shopmongolia.com /product_info.php?products_id=31&osCsid=35cb070f3349f19aae2eba7e4f919f13 (303 words)

	Mongolia Culture News
		A morin khuur (horsehead fiddle) centre has been established in Darkhan, Mongolia's second-largest city.
		Situated within the "Zaluuchuud" ("Youth") Theatre, the Centre is expected to offer morin khuur training to approximately 50 children, led by B. Duinkhersuren and several recent graduates from the Institute of Culture in Ulaanbaatar.
		The Centre plans to send between 50 and 100 musicians to participate in the "1000 morin khuur concert" planned in commemoration of the 800th anniversary of the establishment of Mongolia.
	www.culture.mn /news/2006/01/morin-khuur-centre-established.php (89 words)

	Mongolia Travel Guide - Morin Khuur
		During the ceremony the UNESCO Secretary General, K.Matsuura, applauded the role and contribution of the Morin Khuur to the world's cultural heritage and said that this two-string musical instrument is intertwined with the 700-year history of the cultural life of the nomadic people of Mongolia.
		The Morin Khuur's strings are made of horse's mane and tail hair and the scroll is carved in the form of a horse head.
		The decree instructs the Government of Mongolia to amend state ceremonial rules to support the playing of the national anthem on the Morin Khuur during Tsagaan sar in order to symbolise peace, happiness and the majesty of state and citizens.
	www.ub-mongolia.mn /facts-for-the-visitors/art-mongolia/morin-khuur.html (369 words)

	ECAI Silk Road Atlas - Instruments - Morin Khuur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Mongolian words morin khuur translate literally to mean "horse fiddle" and the instrument is instantly recognizable by the distinctive pegbox carved in the shape of horse's head.
		It is used to accompany folk singers and less frequently as a solo instrument and in small ensembles.
		The horse on the scroll of the morin khuur and the instrument's ability to imitate the galloping sounds of horses reflect this love.
	www.ecai.org /silkroad/instruments/morinkhuur.html (239 words)

	Embassy of Mongolia in Vienna - News - Mongolian days - Konzert - Pferdekopfgeige
		Morin Khuur ist ein mongolisches nationales Musikinstrument, dessen Ursprung auf Jahrhunderte zurückgeht und das ein untrenbarer Bestandteil der Lebensart der Mongolen ist.
		Da Morin Khuur zwei Saiten hat, gehört es zur Kategorie von Saiteninstrumenten.
		Das Ensemble Morin Khuur, das hauptsächlich aus Darstellern von Morin Khuur und auch anderen mongolischen traditionellen Musikinstnimenten besteht, wurde in 1992 gegründet.
	www.embassymon.at /modules/AMS/article.php?storyid=5 (223 words)

	MORIN KHUUR ENSAMBLE, TERESA DE SIO e CRISTIANO DE ANDRE' - L’AZZURRO CIELO DEGLI INCONTRI - BOLOGNA in Emilia Romagna ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Il morin khuur, sorta di violoncello dalla cassa trapezoidale con una testa di cavallo scolpita in testa al manico e due corde di crine di cavallo, è lo strumento nazionale della Mongolia.
		L’Ensemble di Morin Khuur di musica tradizionale, è stato fondato nel 1992 con decreto del Ministro della Cultura, su iniziativa del famoso musicista G. Jamyan, virtuoso del morin khuur.
		Dell’ensamble sono parte integrante alcune formazioni di musica tradizionale, quali i quartetti di morin khuur “Chulugen” e “Dumun”, il “Yatga Quartet” e l’ensamble femminile “Khulan”, che svolgono attività concertistica autonoma.
	viagginrete-it.it /special/dettagli.asp?id=6015&regione=Emilia+... (1982 words)

	Electric Morin Khuur (English)
		Saga, by the way, runs the society not only to promote throat singing and morin khuur of Mongolia but also to extend his music to the state of crossover of multilateral cultures along with Irish, Japanese, Tuvan traditional folk songs and even pop music of today.
		Details and appearance of Elec Morin Khuur may be seen in the next Spec section and in the Photos of the Japanese section respectively.
		I am a very slow worker-- so slow that only a few morin khuur can be finished a month, and strongly recommend to inquire the inventory or availability of the product before ordering.
	www.h4.dion.ne.jp /~okapon/Old/English.html (1373 words)

	Morin Khuur - TyvaWiki (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The morin khuur is an instrument that comes from Mongolia, but is also played by the Tuvans.
		The instrument and it's playing technique changed in the 20th century under the influence of the European cello.
		Therefore the morin khuur's soundbox is made entirely of wood instead of utilizing skin.
	www.tyvawiki.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Morin_Khuur (102 words)

	Mongolia travel information: Traditional music and songs
		Every Mongolian family strives to have a morin khuur in their ger even though they are hand-made and fairly expensive instruments.
		The morin huur is most suitable to accompany the traditional long and short songs and Mongolian classical dance bielgee.
		It is performed to the music of Mongolian national musical instruments, such as the morin khuur (horse headed fiddle) and yochin.
	www.discovermongolia.mn /country/music_songs.html (1191 words)

	Guide House Co,.Ltd - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The main and most popular musical instrument of the Mongolians is the Morin khuur, a two stings horse head violin.
		The Morin khuur is the most suitable to accompany the traditional long and short songs and melodies to regale the beauty of the country.
		The most notable one is the yatag which has a long wooden, rectangular body with a slightly curved soundboard over which 10 or 14 stings are stretched across movable bridges, the yoochin or dulcimer in which 14 double metal courses are stretched over a flat trapeziform body and are stuck with two hammers.
	www.guidehouse.mn (333 words)

	Implementation of the National Action Plan for the Safeguarding of Traditional Morin Khuur Music of Mongolia: UNESCO ...
		The cherished “horse fiddle”, known as the Morin Khuur, is a unique two-stringed musical instrument named after the ornamental horse-head carving that adorns its upper end.
		A training workshop will be organized in order to provide master players with basic teaching skills necessary to conduct training courses in the Morin Khuur traditions to be organized at pilot secondary schools in four administrative regions in Mongolia.
		A national Morin Khuur competition and festival will also be organized and broadcast nationwide.
	portal.unesco.org /culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28518&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (291 words)

	Teacher's Guide to the Festival of Mongolia
		It is believed that herders developed these sounds as a means of imitating those in nature — the rippling of streams or the wind sweeping across the grasslands.
		Mongolian folk songs are often accompanied by the two-stringed morin khuur (horse-headed fiddle).
		One legend is about a man, Khokhoo Namjil, who had an extraordinarily fast winged horse; he rode the horse every night to visit his beloved.
	www.amnh.org /education/teachersguides/mongolia/page4.html (679 words)

	Traditional Instruments and Music of the Mongolia people - text in English
		The morin khuur is a typical Mongolian two-stringed instrument.
		The morin khuur is the most widespread instrument in Mongolia, and is played during celebrations, rituals and many other occasions, as well as an accompaniment for dances or songs.
		Even the sound and noises of a horse herd are imitated on the morin khuur.
	www.face-music.ch /instrum/mongolia_instrum.html (2761 words)

	Morin M Personal Homepages People Society
		I'm sure Cedar Park is in the process of filing their warrants for his arrest as well," Morin said.
		The younger Morin is well-known locally from his past work with Lakes Region Public Access television.
		Psychological And Behavioral Therapies, Reliable Treatment For...Medical News Today (press release), UK - 10 hours agoThe latest study, conducted by Charles M. Morin, PhD, of Université Laval in Québec, Canada, focused on 37 treatment studies - enrolled by a total of 2,246...
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Society/People/Personal_Homepages/M/Morin (298 words)

	Four Notes - Mongolian Music
		Mongolia, known for its wide open spaces (the most common adjective used to describe it is "vast"), relative obscurity on the world stage, and Genghis Khan, is home to some very unique traditional music.
		Along with Tuva, a small Russian republic that borders Mongolia in the northwest, these plains and the Altai Mountains have produced the highly distinct throat singing called khoomei, as well as instruments such as the doshpuluur and morin khuur.
		Huun Huur Tu plays traditional Mongolian instruments such as the morin khuur, igil, and doshpuluur, as well as western instruments like the guitar and piano.
	www.fournotes.com /asia/mongolia/mongolian-music.php (457 words)

	Soka Gakkai--NEWS: Headlines - Jan. 24-30, 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		On January 28, world-renowned morin khuur artist Chi Borag performed at the Narashino Culture Hall in Narashino City, Chiba Prefecture.
		Chi Borag, considered one of the greatest players of the morin khuur (a traditional Mongolian stringed instrument), holds a "First Class Performer" title in China, and serves as Professor Emeritus of the Inner Mongolia Art Academy and as President of the Morin Khuur Society of China.
		Chi Burigude are performing solo and duet to music arranged for the morin khuur and are being acompanied by pianist Kazuhiko Nishimura.
	sokagakkai.info /html1/news1/headlines1/99cal1/99jan24-30_1.html (1898 words)

	FAR SIDE MUSIC LTD. MONGOLIA, TIBET AND NEPAL
		This is a recording of morin khuur, the typical instrument of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Morin khuur is an extremely beautiful instrument, with a horse's head carved at the fingerboard head.
		Solo and ensemble performances of Mongolian instrumental music played on morin khuur, limbe, yoochin, yatag and shrudraga. Musicians include virtuoso Gudenbiliin Yavgaan performing of four types of xel khuur, a Mongolian jew's harp.
		Surrounded by mountains and with a harsh climate, Tibet has evolved it's own music and culture. This album is a recording of Tibetan Buddhist liturgy performed by the priest of Namgyal Monastery.
	www.farsidemusic.com /acatalog/MONGOLIA_TIBET_NEPAL.html (231 words)

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