MUSEUM OF THE ADYGHE FOLK ART
Folk musical instruments at the Museum of Zamudin Guchev
The world of folk musical instruments is large and diverse. Each nation has its own instruments, in playing which musicians of a particular nationality put their heart and soul. Each folk musical instrument is similar to the voice of the people, its tone. Meanwhile, it seems that learning to play them, it is possible to learn through melodies and songs the traditions and culture of the people. This is the way by whish Zamudin Guchev presents the Circassians, their customs, musical traditions and folk songs to his guests, coming from different countries of the world in Adyghea. The unique museum of the Adyghe folk art, created by him in the village of Gaverdovsky (Maykop), always welcomes its visitors and allows them to discover the features of the Adyghe musical culture and ancient folk songs of the Circassians.
No matter whether there are tourists from France, Belgium, South Africa, Indonesia and even Australia, each of them can try their hand in playing Adyghe folk musical instruments – shychepshin, pkhachich, kamyl and horn, and perform their national songs with their ancient folk instruments. For many years. the master and researcher of the Adyghe traditional art, honored artist of the Republic of Adyghea, teacher of the folklore department of Adyghean Republican children's school of arts with name of K. H. Tletseruk, author of several unique editions about the Circassian culture Zamudin Guchev has gathered in his museum a large collection of musical instruments of different nationalities of the world. And although the guests of the museum can see it only at the end, it causes their great interest, as well as the collection of folk musical instruments of the Adyghes, which the master and researcher presents them during an informative and very fascinating excursion.
Getting acquainted with peculiarities of playing the Adyghe old violin – shychepshyn and the old Circassian flute – kamyl, visitors of the Museum of the Adyghe folk art also learn secrets of their manufacture in contemporary conditions. Every time, master Zamudin Guchev tries to show step by step the complete technological process of their creation. Often, he can present to visitors of the museum the ancient Adyghe singing and even perform ancient songs with some of them. And, accompanying willingly to the master with pkhachich and singing loudly zhyu, without knowing the language, the guests begin to understand the Circassian people with all their heart.
However, sometimes, it happens that not only Zamudin Guchev wonders his guests of different countries, presenting them the original Adyghe musical culture, but they are able to surprise him, playing skillfully their folk musical instruments from the collection of his museum. Reviving an ancient dombra or a wonderful instrument from Indonesia, they allow them to speak with the voice of their people, transmitting their national color through the original music. And when the museum of the master is filled with voices of different nationalities, when there it sounds ancient melodies of different countries, the informative excursion about the Adyghe folk art becomes an unforgettable international concert, uniting together music of different peoples of the world.
Certainly, the great interest of representatives of other countries to the ancient Adyghe music makes the master-researcher Zamudin Guchev to think that it is time to teach foreign students to play folk musical instruments of the Circassians and to make this training available at the international level. And perhaps. his unique edition "Learning to play shychepshyn" (2014), translated in English, as well as the publication of a new edition. dedicated to learning to play kamyl, in Circassian, Russian and English, will contribute to development of a new type of tourism in Adyghea, so-called "musical tourism". And when there will come here from all Russia and from all countries of the world all those who would like to learn the Adyghe musical culture at the professional level, while giving concerts with musical instruments of their people, then Adyhea can become a world center of folk music. And this will confirm once again that the original Adyghe culture occupies a worthy place in the world culture, enriching it and interacting with cultures of different peoples.