FROM THE HISTORY OF THE DUTAR INSTRUMENT

the art of instrumental music is an important and integral part of the musical creativity of the Uzbek people. Its formation, like some others, arose in connection with various aspects of people's lives and performs its unique and universal functions. It is worth emphasizing here that instrumental music is of secondary importance compared to singing. Indeed, as the thinker Abu Nasr al-Farabi, one of the founders of Eastern musicology, wrote: “The most perfect word is the human throat, and the most perfect music is the human voice”. Thus, instrumental music becomes a companion of humanity, enriching it or analyzing it. Indeed, the idea expressed by the great people a thousand years ago continues to remain true to this day. For example, the use of Uzbek folk instruments is most often used for singing and creating musical works. First of all, it should be said that in terms of the wealth of musical instruments, the Uzbek people occupy one of the leading places among the peoples of the world. The diversity of their texts is so great that they involve almost all types of musical instruments, especially various plucked, bowed, stringed percussion instruments, etc.