The Mongolian Horsehead Fiddle

The morin khuur is a traditional Mongolian bowed string instrument. It is considered a symbol of the nation of Mongolia.

The scroll is carved into a horse head. Two strings run over a wooden bridge up a long neck.

Originally, the male string used 130 stallion tail hairs. That is a lot of tail grooming.

The morin khuur has a trapezoid-shaped body made of wood.

The modern standard height is 1.15 m. Instruments from central Mongolia tend to have larger bodies than Inner Mongolian ones.

Europe called, the f-holes answered.

Students enter the University of Arts and Culture in adult age for a bachelor degree after 2 years of musical education.

The stallion hairs never saw this coming.