Agiarut Explained

The agiarut (Inuktitut syllabics: Inuktitut: ᐊᒋᐊᕈᑦ also known as the Eskimo fiddle) is a bowed instrument native to the Inuit culture of Canada and Alaska.

According to musicologist Beverley Cavanagh,^[1] agiarut is the name for a European fiddle, while tautirut is the name for the indigenous bowed box zither. The modern Western fiddle may be referred to as agiaq ("shaman's rubbing stone").^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Cavanagh, Beverley . https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/search?q=agiarut . Tautirut . Oxford University Press . 2011-10-26 . Search Results for agiarut | Grove Music Online | Grove Music . 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.l2215013 . subscription . 1. 9781561592630 .
2. Book: 7.3 Lexicon . https://books.google.com/books?id=1cWcxCLjtI0C&pg=PA1052 . 2008-07-14 . Hans . Contact Linguistics . Walter de Gruyter . Peter H. . Zdenek . Wölck . Wolfgang . Goebl . Nelde . Stary . Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science . 12 . 1052 . 978-3-11-020324-0.