Lagguti

Azerbaijani folk instrument

Lagguti
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Classification	Percussion instrument
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	111.2 (percussion idiophones)
Nagara (drum) Txalaparta Xylophone

The Lagguti, Lakto, or Laggutu is a Talysh^[1] folk percussion slit drum instrument performed in southern regions of Azerbaijan: Lerik, Astara, Lankaran, Masalli and Jalilabad.

"Just like the naghara, gosha naghara, gaval and other percussion instruments, the lagguti is widely used in modern ensembles and orchestras of national instruments." A rectangular wooden chamber, "the lagguti is placed on a platform," which may also serve as a resonator, "and the performer plays it with two wooden sticks. Usually, the lagguti is 250x125x50 mm in size and made of walnut, apricot, mulberry or beech wood."^[2] The thickness of the sides or walls varies, which produces differences in timbre and/or pitch, with the bottom generally being thicker than the top.

In the middle of the 19th century, "lagguti" was used as a musical instrument in the life of the Talysh. Lagguti as a percussion instrument attracted the attention of researchers of folklore much later - in the 1980s of the twentieth century.^[3]

References

^ Javadov G. D. Talysh (Historical and Ethnographic Research). - Baku: Elm, 2004 .- P. 272-273. - 616 p.
^ Kerimov, Mejnun. "Lagguti", Atlas of Traditional Music of Azerbaijan. Badalbeyli, Farhad; ed. Accessed: 14:59, 3 February 2010.
^ Javadov G. D. Talysh (Historical and Ethnographic Research). - Baku: Elm, 2004 .- P. 272-273. - 616 p.