Description: Traditionally the doshpuluur is used in accompaniment to throat singing. Close relatives to the doshpuluur include the tobshur found in neighboring Khakhassia and Mongolia.

Anatomy of the Doshpuluur: The acoustic chamber of the doshpuluur is created by two pieces of animal hide that are stretched over the front and back sides of a wooden frame. The neck of the doshbpuluur from the bottom to the top of the frame is inserted into the middle of the frame. On my specimen the strings are steel-wound silk guitar strings this is a common practice that gives the doshpuluur a rich bass tone. An ornate carving of a horse on the head stock of the instrument are representative of Tuvan mythology.

The Tuning: My doshpuluur came with the tuning B-F#-B to which my instrument was pre-tuned to. I am not sure if this is the standard tuning for the doshpuluur though many other similar tunings such as C-G-C do work.

A Foot Note: Around the middle to the end of summer approximately late august. I was in email contact with "Devan Miller" he informed me at the time he was in Tuva. So I excitedly took the oporitunity and ordering the doshpuluur which arrived near Christmas on this day I received the doshpuluur as a Christmas present :).