Various techniques of playing tovshuur – Xinjiang Oirat Collection

Döchä Jaltsana shows different ways of playing tovshuur

VLACH ID-number: jung1241CNV0003a

Description:
Döchä Jaltsana demonstrates traditional techniques of playing the tovshuur, a two-string instrument common for all Mongolians. He shows how Khoshuud people used to play the tovshuur sitting on horseback. Döchä organized many lessons and work-shops and taught these playing techniques to more than 1000 people in China and Mongolia.

Cite as:
Tovšuurín olýn züülín cokylɣýn – Various techniques of playing tovshuur; performer: Döchä Jaltsana, camera/ interview: Thede Kahl, Ioana Aminian, interview assistant/ transcription/ translation/ editor: Chingis Azydov, retrieved from www.oeaw.ac.at/VLACH, ID-number: jung1241CNV0003a.

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