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Kontigi

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akontingnounA folk lute of the Jola people of West Africa; a banjo-like instrument with a skin-headed gourd body, two long melody strings, and one short drone string.
zezenounA stringed instrument of sub-Saharan Africa.
gojenounA fiddle-like stringed instrument with one or two strings, and a resonator made from a gourd or calabash, originating among the Hausa of West Africa.
bolombattonounA traditional string instrument of West Africa, consisting of four strings stretched over a gourd.
xalamnounA traditional lutelike string instrument of West Africa.
ngoninounA member of a particular ethnic group of East Africa, mainly living in Tanzania, Malawi, and Zambia.
sintirnoun(music) A three-stringed, skin-covered bass plucked lute used by the Gnawa people of Morocco.
bugarijanounA stringed instrument of Bosnian origin, a type of lute with circular soundholes, a long neck, and usually four strings.
baglamasnoun(music) A plucked stringed instrument, a long-necked bowl lute, played in Greek music and often made of improvised materials; it is a high-pitched and small bouzouki with one string in an octave pair on the lower D and unison pairs on the four highest strings.
nanganoun(music) A simple wooden harp or zither used in central and eastern Africa.
orutunounA one-stringed African fiddle, played especially by the Luo people.
buzuqnoun(music) A mandolin-shaped lute of Arab origin, with a long neck, movable frets and two or three strings played with a plectrum.
koranoun(music) A type of harp or lute played in West Africa.
bolonnounAn ethnic group in Mali.
chanzynounA three-stringed plucked lute of Tuvan origin, like a long-necked banjo with a skin head over a heart or kidney-shaped body.
doshpuluurnounA long-necked plucked lute with two or three strings, of Tuvan origin, characterized by a skin head on both sides of the square wooden body.
gyilnoun(music) A pentatonic instrument of Africa, resembling a xylophone.
daruannounA bass lute-like four-stringed chordophone of the ruan family of Chinese traditional instruments.
banhunounA two-stringed bowed string instrument (chordophone) of northern Chinese origin, held vertically, possessing a soundbox usually made of coconut shell and a front surface covered with a thin layer of wood.
cobzanounA lute-like stringed instrument (chordophone), with four strings in double courses, played with a plectrum, and most associated with the traditional music of Romania.

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