I-Dumbra: kuyini, ukwakheka kwensimbi, umlando, ukusetshenziswa

I-Dumbra iyinsimbi yomculo yesiTatar efana ne-balalaika yaseRashiya. Lithatha igama laso olimini lwesi-Arabhu, elihunyushwe kulo olimini lwesiRashiya lisho “ukuhlupha inhliziyo.”

Le nsimbi yocingo ekhishiwe iyi-chordophone enezintambo ezimbili noma ezintathu. Umzimba uvame ukuba yindilinga, umumo wepheya, kodwa kukhona ama-specimens ane-triangular kanye ne-trapezoidal. Ubude obuphelele be-chordophone buyi-75-100 cm, ububanzi be-resonator bungaba ngu-5 cm.

Phakathi nocwaningo lwemivubukulo, kwafinyelelwa esiphethweni sokuthi i-dumbra ingenye yemikhiqizo yomculo endala kakhulu ehlutshiwe, esivele isineminyaka engaba ngu-4000 ubudala. Manje isetshenziswa kuyaqabukela, amakhophi amaningi alahlekile futhi amasampula avela eYurophu avame ukusetshenziswa. Kodwa-ke, esikhathini sethu iyinsimbi yabantu baseTatar, ngaphandle kwalokho okunzima ukucabanga ngomshado wendabuko. Njengamanje, izikole zomculo eTatarstan zivuselela isithakazelo sokufundisa abafundi ukudlala insimbi yomdabu yesiTatar.

I-Dumbra ijwayele kokubili endaweni yaseTatarstan naseBashkortostan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan nakwamanye amazwe amaningana. Isizwe ngasinye sinohlobo lwaso lwe-chordophone enegama eliyingqayizivele: i-dombra, i-dumbyra, i-dutar.