On the perspective of a comparative study of instrumental traditions of Turkic peoples (in terms of the typology of musical cultures)

Abstract

The article raises issues of ethno-cultural parallels that are identified in the field of musical art
of Turkic and, more broadly, Central Asian peoples. Based on the position on different levels of commonness
of ethnic cultures and using the methods of comparative historical and comparative typological research, the
author, using the example of 2-string bow instruments with hair strings and some features of the musical thinking
of the “Eastern” and “Western” Türks, actualizes the typology of musical cultures of the peoples of Central Asia.
It is concluded that in the regional traditions of kobyz and dombra music (tоkpe and shertpe), one can observe
a symbiosis of different historical and cultural traditions. They were reflected not only in instrumentation and
musical stylistics, but also in the different types of musical thinking characteristic of the “East Turkic” and “West
Turkic” cultural systems. According to the author, a comprehensive study of the musical cultures of Central
Asia, as well as their cross-cultural studies, will reveal both the cultural typology and the unity of the TurkicMongolian-Iranian culture of this area.