# Amyrga

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The '''''amyrga''''' ([Tuvan](/source/Tuvan_language): 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](/source/Music_in_the_Tuva_Republic) 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](/source/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](/source/Altai_wapiti) 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==
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*[Music of Tuva](/source/Music_of_Tuva)
*[Tuvan throat singing](/source/Tuvan_throat_singing)

==References==
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Category:Tuvan musical instruments
Category:Horns

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