Instrument of Uzbek Music - Chang
Chang - A trapeziform instrument with wooden body. It has 42 three-chord metal strings. Sound is produced using two percussion sticks made of reed or bamboo.
The Uzbek Chang is a hammered dulcimer, similar to the Santur.
String
- Dutor (long-necked fretted lute)
- Rubob (long-necked fretted lute)
- Tanbur (long-necked fretted lute)
- Tor (long-necked fretted lute)
- Ud (long-necked fretted lute)
- Gijjak (spike fiddle)
Wind
- Karnay (long trumpet)
- Nay (side-blown flute)
- Qoshnay (clarinet like instrument made from reed)
- Surnay (loud oboe)
Percussion