Welcome to your study plan for learning the Morin Khuur

First of all, this study plan was created to guide you, step by step, through our courses and is composed of 9 steps:

• The STEPS 1 to 3 will prepare you with all the essential knowledge required to get accustomed to your instrument.
  They cover its origin and history, its spirituality and symbolism, its traditions and worship, its maintenance, its playing position as well as give you recommendations for good practices. They also covers three ways to hold the bow presented on three different bows. Finally they will explain you in detail how to position your hand and fingers on the strings in order to play your first notes.
• The STEPS 4 to 8 will provide you with intermediate and advanced knowledge specific to the traditional playing of the Morin Khuur.
  They cover the accents on the bow, the vibrato, the harmonics, the thumb playing, the glissando and its variations (gulsuulakh, shuvtrakh, and shigshikh) and finally the tsokhilgo -which is close to the hammering technique- as well as its variations (dan tsokhilgo, sul tsokhilgo, davkhar tsokhilgo, kholboo tsokhilgo, tsavchikh, nyatslakh, and shigshikh).
• The FINAL STEP will present you the intangible cultural heritage (tatlaga, bii and urtiin duu melodies) of the Morin Khuur.

We usually suggest to go through the steps 1 to 3 assiduously and carefully as they will help you build a solid base for your future learning!
Finally, to get the best of the final step –which is learning melodies of the Morin Khuur-, we advise to go through the preceding steps (5 to 8), even if lightly, as it will make you familiar with the vocabulary and the various techniques used to play the melodies.

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Note that the step 1 to 8 are all included in our
Core Knowledge bundle available for purchase here.

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Now, before getting started, find below two charts that will help you putting marks on the neck of your morin khuur as well as a notes chart that will help you while using a tuning app.

Also note that the position of bridge is usually around 10 to 11cm from the top of the box, and around 1cm above the position of the sound post.
For wooden instrument, it is usually around the middle of the F-hole shape.

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STUDY PLAN

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Step 1: Fundamentals of the Morin Khuur
_{25 lessons, 228mn, 70€}

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Step 2: How to Hold the Bow
_{5 lessons, 77mn, 25€}

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Step 3: How to Play Notes + Bii Scale
_{10 lessons, 70mn, 30€}

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Step 4: How to Play Accents on the Bow
_{6 lessons, 56mn, 25€}

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Step 5: How to Play With Vibrato
_{4 lessons, 53mn, 25€}

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Step 6: How to Play Harmonics + Thumb Playing + Fourth Octave
_{6 lessons, 63mn, 25€}

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Step 7: How to Play Glissando and Its Variations
_{6 lessons, 65mn, 25€}

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Step 8: How to Play Tsokhilgo and Its Variations
_{8 lessons, 72mn, 25€}

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Step 9: Learn the Morin Khuur cultural heritage

Now that you went through all the theory knowledge,
you are ready to become an intangible cultural heritage bearer and learn the tunes of the Morin Khuur.

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Happy practice and have fun!