Some Features of Studying the Traditional Musical Culture of the Adyghe People in Modern Research Practice

The article is devoted to identifying some features of the study of the traditional musical culture of the Adyghe people in modern research practice. The empirical basis of the study was formed by the works of modern Caucasian scholars devoted to various aspects of the musical culture of the Adyghe people. The analysis was based on the scientific works of leading specialists in the field of Adyghe ethnomusicology, published after 1991 in scientific periodicals, conference materials, monographs, and collective works on the ethnography of the Adyghe people. It has been established that the most comprehensive studies of the Adyghe musical culture in modern historiography, covering both traditional and modern aspects, as well as the history and development of professional music, belong to A.N. Sokolova, A.V. Guchova, and Z.M. Kesheva, whose works are also summarized in the collective monograph "Adygs: Adygei. Kabardians. Circassians. Shapsugs" (Moscow, 2022). It is concluded that researchers have made a significant contribution to the study of various aspects of Adyghe musical culture, covering both traditional and modern manifestations. This has allowed researchers to explore a wide range of topics, from traditional Adyghe musical culture through the genre system, instrumental music, environmental aspects, folklore, instrumental traditions, genre transformations, and instrument inheritance, to the symbolism of archaic music, ecological consciousness in music, and the representation of images in their musical worldview.