page_title: Karnay
section_title: Muiuz kernei
hierarchical_section_title: Karnay / Muiuz kernei
caption_attribution_description: English: Members of the Military Brass Band of Tajikistan with Karnays.
context_page_description: The karnay is a long wind instrument. It is used in the music of Iran, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, where it is considered a national instrument.
context_section_description: The muiuz kernei is an ancient instrument made from a curved mountain goat horn, ranging in length between 30 and 40 cm. The instrument does not have a mouthpiece and gives only a few sounds of thick, soft timbre. The Military Brass Band of the Commandant Regiment of the Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan (the only military band in the world to use karnays) uses the Muiuz kernei.
caption: Members of a Tajik Military Brass Band playing Karnays.
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