Kenny Chesney - Coconut Tree (with Willie Nelson)

Kyos, braid, kus, kyos, - Azerbaijan. percussion music tool. Belongs to the family of bilateral drums, which have a collect in Azerbaijan. namesoot. It differs in the largest dimensions from the tools of this family (height 500-550 mm, diameter 400-450 mm). The shell is made of a hollow stump of wood or a curved wooden strip; membranes - from goat, lamb, calf leather (pulled with ropes using wooden “lamb” or attached to metal hoops) K. is equipped with a hanging strap threaded into a square (round) hole on the case. During the game, the instrument hangs in front of the musician on a belt thrown over his shoulder. Sound is extracted by striking sticks of various shapes: straight and with a curved ball-shaped end. When playing with a bent stick, they hit one membrane, emphasizing a strong share, when playing with two sticks, they hit both membranes. In the past, Kazakhstan was a military (signal) instrument of Azerbaijanis, Iranians, and other peoples of the East. In the presenttime in Azerbaijan it is used for outdoor games during demonstrations and wedding processions, as well as to accompany group and mass dances. In this case, he is paired with a medium-sized or small-sized double-sided drum (soot or ball soot) is included in the ensemble with two zurna or with two balamans. When playing with balamans, in order not to drown out their soft sound, they hit K.'s membrane with their hands and not with sticks. I. M. Vyzgo-Ivanova.M. Vyzgo-Ivanova.M. Vyzgo-Ivanova.