Amyrga

The '''''amyrga''''' (Tuvan: амырга) is a horn in Tuvan culture originally used as a hunting horn for hunting stags,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Levin |first1=Theodore |author-link1=Theodore Levin (ethnomusicologist) |last2=Edgerton |first2=Michael |title=The throat singers of Tuva |journal=Scientific American |date=1999 |issue=September 1999 |page=87 |url=https://www.academia.edu/download/634886/levin_edgerton_throat_singers_sci_am.pdf |access-date=2 January 2026}}</ref> but is also used in Tuvan music as a musical instrument,<ref name="tuvan-instruments">{{cite web |title=Wind Instruments |url=https://www.alashensemble.com/instruments_wind.htm |access-date=2 January 2026}}</ref> such as by Huun-Huur-Tu.<ref name="huun-huur-tu">{{cite web |title=Huun Huur Tu |url=https://mistikmuzik.org/?p=964 |access-date=2 January 2026}}</ref>

==Usage== The amyrga comes in a conic shape, with the user tightening lips around the narrower end and inhaling to produce a series of overtones that imitate the call of male Siberian red deer during the fall mating season.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Levin |first1=Theodore |last2=Süzükei |first2=Valentina |title=Where rivers and mountains sing: sound, music, and nomadism in Tuva and beyond |date=2019 |publisher=Indiana University Press |location=Bloomington, Indiana |isbn=9780253044716 |pages=80–81}}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal|Music}} *Music of Tuva *Tuvan throat singing

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Category:Tuvan musical instruments Category:Horns