Africa - Ethiopia: lyres
posted by Mark Levy @ 4:01 PM
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Monday, February 23, 2009
Photos of Instruments
- Southeast Asia - Thailand: harp
Southeast Asia - Burma: harp
South America - unknown: leg rattles
South America - Peru: drum
South America - Peru: whistling jar
South America - Venezuela: friction drum
Central America - Guatemala: flute
Central America - unknown: panpipe
Mexico: ocarinas
North America – unknown: rattle
North America – Plains: flute
North America – NW Coast: rattles
North America – Arctic: rattle
North America – Arctic: frame drums
North America – Arctic: box drum panels
Africa - Ghana: drums
Africa - Nigeria: harp
Africa - Nigeria: rattles
Africa - Nigeria: tension drum
Africa - Nigeria: xylophone
Africa - Nigeria: fiddle
Africa - Nigeria: lute
Africa - Congo: drums
Africa - Congo: harp
Africa - Congo: plucked lamellaphones
Africa - Congo: side-blown trumpets
Africa - Congo: flute
Africa - Congo: rattles
Africa - Mozambique: drums
Africa - Mozambique: xylophones
Africa - Mozambique: rattles
Africa - Mozambique: ocarinas
Africa - Mozambique: flute
Africa - Mozambique: plucked lamellaphones
Africa - Mozambique: bell
Africa - Kenya: rattles
Africa - Kenya: harp
Africa – Uganda: drum
Africa - Ethiopia: flute
Africa - Ethiopia: fiddle
Africa - Ethiopia: lyres
Africa - Ethiopia: sistrums
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1 Comments:
The first one is the begena, the second one the krar; both instruments of Ethiopian Amhara, Tigray and some other people. The begena is to accompany spritual songs, the krar is used for traditional dance music, also modern urban music (amplified).
Gisa Jaehnichen
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