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Kora

A type of harp played in West Africa.

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A type of harp played in West Africa.

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nanganoun	(music) A simple wooden harp or zither used in central and eastern Africa.
bolonnoun	An ethnic group in Mali.
kraarnoun	Alternative form of krar. [(music) A five-stringed, bowl-shaped lyre of Eritrea and Ethiopia.]
zezenoun	A stringed instrument of sub-Saharan Africa.
kouxiannoun	(music) A type of mouth harp, of Chinese origin, usually made of bamboo or sometimes brass, and often consisting of more than one lamellae.
krarnoun	(music) A five-stringed, bowl-shaped lyre of Eritrea and Ethiopia.
kotonoun	(music) A Japanese stringed instrument having numerous strings, usually seven or thirteen, that are stretched over a convex wooden sounding board and are plucked with three plectra, worn on the thumb, index finger, and middle finger of one hand.
kabosynoun	(music) A wooden box-shaped guitar-like musical instrument, most commonly with six strings and characterized by the use of partial frets, originating in traditional Malagasy music.
konghounoun	(music) A plucked stringed instrument (chordophone) with a harp-like construction, originating in ancient Chinese music as a horizontal instrument but now made to be played vertically, and with strings that are double to allow for techniques like vibrato.
bolombattonoun	A traditional string instrument of West Africa, consisting of four strings stretched over a gourd.
cembalonoun	(music) A harpsichord.
kontiginoun	A boat-shaped lute-like string instrument with one or two strings, originating among the Hausa people of West Africa.
molimonoun	A bent trumpet-like musical instrument used in sacred ceremonies among the Baka people.
akontingnoun	A 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.
karyendanoun	(music) A drum of Burundian origin, revered as a national symbol of spiritual importance.
gojenoun	A 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.
morsingnoun	(music) A type of Jew's harp (a lamellophone), a metal ring with two parallel forks and a tongue in the middle, used mainly in India and Pakistan.
darbukanoun	(music) A type of goblet drum, originating in the Middle East and North Africa.
sarohnoun	(music, obsolete) An Indian musical instrument with three metal strings, played with a bow.
sintirnoun	(music) A three-stringed, skin-covered bass plucked lute used by the Gnawa people of Morocco.