The material on the history of Turkmen national instruments and their current state was included in the atlas “National Musical Instruments of Turkic-Speaking Countries”. The publication presents 104 traditional musical instruments of six Turkic-speaking countries, reports “Turkmenistan Golden Age”.
The material on Turkmen national instruments in the atlas was presented by Bahargul Yakubova, head of the “History of Music” department of the Turkmen National Conservatory named after Maya Kulieva. In her material, B. Yakubova noted that Turkmen musical culture has its roots in ancient times. This is evidenced by the images of percussion, wind and string instruments on Parthian rhytons, as well as numerous terracotta figurines of musicians discovered during excavations in Margiana, Merv and the ancient city of Nissa. National musical instruments are widely reflected in the folklore and epic creativity of the Turkmens.
The atlas "National musical instruments of Turkic-speaking countries” was published within the framework of the project implemented in accordance with the memorandum of April 17, 2023 between the International Foundation “Turkic Culture and Heritage” and the Baku Music Academy named after Uzeyir Hajibeyli.
The goal of the project Is to unite the efforts of scientists from Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan in studying the history of the emergence of musical instruments, which largely coincides among these peoples.
In the context of musical instruments of the countries of the Turkic commonwealth, such a publication is being published for the first time, and in order to cover a larger readership, it is prepared in four languages, the source notes.
