The ghijak (also spelled ghidjak, ghichak, gidzhak, gijak, g'ijjak, or ghijek (Uyghur: غىجەك, ғиҗәк, romanized: ghijek, or occasionally Uyghur: غىرجەك...

Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan. The name is similar to the Central Asian ghijak, but that instrument is more closely related to the kamancheh. A double-chambered...

Tajikistan Died October 21, 2003(2003-10-21) (aged 74) Dushanbe, Tajikistan Genres Folk, ethnic Occupation(s) Actor, musician Instrument(s) Tar, rubab, ghijak...

wedding entertainers) in the Khorezm region of northwestern Uzbekistan. Ghijak, a round-bodied spike fiddle with 3 or 4 metal strings and a short fretless...

accompanied by instruments, or instrumental. Falak instruments include the ghijak (spike fiddle), nay (Persian flute), and dombura (long-necked lute), as...

Music in Dushanbe, he was well-known for his works on the two-string dutar, ghijak, and setar which are popular instruments in Central Asia. Kholov played...

poets. He mastered many different instruments including the tanbur, dutar, ghijak, and dulcimer. He composed the opera Tohir and Zukra, working with Boris...