ON THE PROBLEM OF STUDYING THE KARAKALPAK TRADITIONAL MUSICAL HERITAGE

Purpose: The study of Karakalpak traditional musical creativity, its ethnogenesis, genre-stylistic and performing features is one of the little-covered and urgent tasks of musicology, which served as the reason for addressing the stated topic of this article.

Methods: generalizations, systematic, as well as the musicological method of genre-style analysis and the musical-historical approach.

Results: We learn a lot about the traditions and customs of the people from the musical heritage. They played an exceptional role in the formation and development of the national art of the Karakalpaks. The study of the specifics of the musical language, genre, stylistic and compositional features of Karakalpak traditional music is one of the most urgent tasks of modern musicology, requiring even deeper and more comprehensive consideration.

Scientific novelty: The appeal to the study of the Karakalpak traditional musical culture is primarily related to the need to revive, preserve and transmit national traditions to the younger generation, the increased interest in the processes of artistic creation and the musical heritage of the Karakalpak people, which in turn forms an integral part of world culture.

Practical significance: the main provisions and conclusions of the article can be used in modern music teaching and performing practice of traditional music.