غىرجەك

ئۇيغۇر چالغۇ ئاتالغۇلىرى Ghirijek This kind of Ghijek is also called round—headed Ghirjek．It was reformed and made by the Urumqi Musical lnstmments Factory in the 1950s． The handle of the an cient Ghirjek is made of the wood of willow tree and its head (the pot)is made of round carved wood of date tree．And at that time，the skin of horse or donkey was used on its head surface． Now the new kind of Ghirjek is made of the wood of walnut，mulbeny，apricot and phoenix trees．Snake skin is USed． Many holes are made on the front and back of the round cover to make Full use of the echo sound．his about seventy centimeters long．The earlfest Ghirjek had two or three strings．The present ones have four strings．The ears for rolling up the strings are beautiFully made and decorated with magnificent fretwork． on the ancient Ghirjek，twined bristles of horse tail were installed as strings．The three main strings are· adjusted with certain angles to one another and played with a bow．And the ten other strings，five on each side，were used to make echo． The present-day Ghirjek has four strings(like the violin)and there is no string for echo．Ghirjek is usu— allby positioned on the lap of the left leg and played by pressing the strings with the left hand and strumming ths strings with a bow．It is the commonly used bow instrument in Uighur or chestra． Its adjustments，strings：①②③ ④， tunes：e2 a1 dl g， Ghirjek is one of the main in struments in Uighur orchestra．It is sometimes played separately‘It is called high tone Ghirjek in the orchestra．In recent years，another kind of low sound Ghirjek has been made and used in or chestras．The adjustments of it strings are the same as the violin．