"Choor" redirects here. For the Singaporean lawyer, see Choor Singh.
The tsuur (цуур, Mongolian), choor (Kyrgyz), or chuur (шоор, Tuvan) is an end-blown flute of varying lengths that is common among Inner Asian pastoralists.[1][2]
The tsuur has only finger holes. The blowing technique utilizes the teeth, tongue, and lips in the same way as the ney used in Persian classical music. The tsuur is usually immersed in water before playing in order to seal any leaks in the wood.
The melodies that are played on the Tsuur are usually imitations of the sound of water, animal cries, and birdsongs as heard by shepherds whilst on the steppes or the mountain slopes of the Altai. One of the melodies, “The flow of the River Eev” as was said before is the river where the sound of khöömii was mythically supposed to have originated. The Uriangkhai called the Tsuur the “Father of Music”. A three-holed pipe was in use in Mongolia in the 18th century and was believed to possess the magical properties of bringing Lamb’s bones back to life. In the Jangar epic of the 14th century the Tsuur is said to have had a voice like a swan. This reference may also be indirectly a very early reference to khöömii as the singing style sung with the Tsuur is Khailakh.
^Chuluunbaatar, Otgonbayar (2013): The Cuur as Endangered Musical Instrument of the Urianxai Ethnic Group in the Mongolian Altai Mountains. In Gisa Jähnichen (ed.), Studia Instrumentorum Musicae Popularis (New Series) III, Münster: MV-Wissenschaft Verlag, 97-110.
^Pegg, Carole (Mar 15, 2001). Mongolian Music, Dance, & Oral Narrative: Performing Diverse Identities. University of Washington Press. ISBN9780295981123 – via Google Books.
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