Transcultural Distribution of Central Asian String-Bow Instruments and Structural Similarities in Euro-Asian Musical Traditions

This article provides a scientific analysis of the role of stringed and bowed instruments formed in Central Asia in world musical culture, their influence on the development of foreign instruments, and their structural and performance similarities. Based on historical sources, archaeological fingdings, and comparative musicological approaches, the study examines the relationship between instruments such as the ud, gijjak,and kobiz with their analogues in Europe,Asia, and the Caucasus. The results shov that the instrumental culture of Central Asia played an important role in the formation of world musical civilization.