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Throughout my life, I've always found it interesting to look deeper into other kinds of music and their instruments, both used in the modern day and i the past. I feel as though both traditional and modern-day music are very interesting, and it is impressive to see how much of the music from other cultures has changed today versus how it was in the past. Today, we will be looking at both traditional and modern-day music found across the globe. For our first part of music, we have Mongolia. Mongolia has always been interesting to me, especially the throat singing and instruments, such as the morin khuur. The morin khurr, also known as the horsehead fiddle, is a chordephone with only two strings. Think of this instrument as almost like a violin. The morin khurr is also one of the most important instruments in Mongolian culture. The morin khurr is also played with both fingers and a bow. Throat singing is another thing that makes Mongolian music so unique as well. Another thing I like...