komus, or temur by the Avar people. It seems a kind of slender guitar with 3 strings, with a body (carved from one block of wood) shaped like a spade and fitted with a trident-like spike at the lower end. The Qanbūs of the Arabian and Malay peninsulae is considered by Sachs to derive its name from the komuz. The five-string kopuz is also thought to have transformed into the six-string instrument known as the sestar or seshane by 13th-century mystic Rumi. The word "sestar" is mentioned in the poems of the 14th-century poet Yunus Emre. Evliya Çelebi describes the kopuz as a smaller version of the seshane. Modern huobosi Although the term huobosi still applies to the traditional instrument, in China a newer instrument has evolved from the older instrument, resembling a guitar and called the Huobosi. Media Video of a komuz master Video of a komuz player A home performance of a traditional Kyrgyz song, played on the komuz Salamat Sadyqova performing Alymqan on the komuz Sources References Welcome to KYRGYZMUSIC.COM External links The Spektator – 'Komuz and Creation' - Article in issue fifteen of the Spektator See also Music of Central Asia Bağlama Saz Lute Dutar Dombra Pandura Gadulka Gusle Rebab Kamancheh Cretan lira Kobyz Temir komuz Agiz komuzu Gubuz String instruments Necked lutes Kyrgyz musical instruments Kazakhstani musical instruments Uzbekistani musical instruments Dagestanian musical instruments Azerbaijani musical instruments Hungarian musical instruments Turkmen musical instruments Turkic words and phrases