Kumuz

The kumuz () or agach-kumuz () is a stringed instrument used by the Kumyks of Dagestan, in the Russian Caucasus. It has three strings and is fretted. Scholars have noticed the similarity in name to the Kyrgyz komuz, but note the kumuz is perhaps more closely related to the other lutes of the Caucasus.https://stringedinstrumentdatabase.aornis.com/datumbazo/a.htm Stringed Instrument Database: Ahttps://atlasofpluckedinstruments.com/middle_east.htm#dagestan Atlas of Plucked Instruments: Dagestan

Legendarily, the Kumyk poet Irchi Kozak cured the sick with the music of his agach-kumuz.

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See also Chonguri, Georgian fretless lute Panduri, Georgian fretted lute