MINIATURE SOUVENIR: Xinjiang Uyghur Musical Instrument – Khushtar KHUSTAR The Khushtar is a bowed stringed ...

MINIATURE SOUVENIR: Xinjiang Uyghur Musical Instrument – Khushtar KHUSTAR The Khushtar is a bowed stringed instrument from the Uyghur Region, Western China. It has 4 strings in 4 courses and is tuned G, D, A, E. Sometimes the Khushtar also has sympathetic strings. It is most common among the Uyghur peoples in the Xinjiang provence of Western China, especially Urumqi. Khushtar, meaning Lilting Strings, is a bowed-string instrument played by the Uyghur people. It is commonly found in Urumqi of the Xinjiang Uyghur…