Dauylpaz
The dauylpaz is a small kettledrum used by the Kazakhs in falconry. Falconry was one of most popular and entertaining forms of hunting in Kazakhstan and other parts of Central Asia from the earliest times. For fowling they used sparrow hawks and goshawks; for hunting wolves, foxes, and mountain goats, the berkut (golden eagle) was irreplaceable. The dauylpaz has similar names among the Turkic peoples: The Kyrgyz call it doolbas, the Uighur tevilvaz, and the Azerbaijanis tebl-baas, which all derive from the Arabo-Persian tabl-baz (where tabl stands for drum, and baz for falcon). Falconry scenes were often depicted in the Islamic miniatures of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
The dauylpaz had a helmet-shaped body with a leather head (diameter about 300 millimeters, height 160 millimeters) and was often beautifully ornamented. A flat leather strap, a beater, or sometimes a hand was used to produce sound. The instrument was attached to the saddle under the left hand of a horseman, while the falcon rested on his other hand. The dauylpaz could also be held in the hands. The dauylpaz was used as a signaling instrument in military activities as well.
Another term in Kazakh used for this instrument is shyndauyl (similar to the Uzbek chindaul). Some experts believe the only difference between a dauylpaz and a shyndauyl is that the body of the latter was of metal (copper), while the body of the dauylpaz was of wood. Both these kinds of kettledrums have not been used since the end of the nineteenth century. Modified forms of the dauylpaz are used in the Kazakh folk instrument orchestras.
Further Reading
Sarybaev, Bolat. (1978) Kazakhskie muzykal'nye instrumenty (Kazakh Musical Instruments). Almaty, Kazakhstan: Zhalyn.
Vertkov, K., G. Blagodatov, and E. Yazovitskaya. (1975) Atlas muzykal'nykh instrumentov narodov SSSR (Atlas of Musical Instruments of the Peoples Inhabiting the USSR). 2d ed. Moscow: Muzyka.
Vyzgo, T. S. (1980) Muzykal'nye instrumenty Srednei Azii: istoricheskie ocherki (Musical Instruments of Central Asia: Historical Studies). Moscow: Muzyka.
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