Alghaita
has similar sound to oboe, double reed wind instrument, West-central Africa
Kora
version of a harp lute- West Africa
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Alghaita
has similar sound to oboe, double reed wind instrument, West-central Africa
Kora
version of a harp lute- West Africa
Kakaki
trumpet made from wood or metal, played by Hausa from Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, & Chad
Litingu
smaller, 8-string lyre from Kenya
Obukano
large Kenyan Lyre, double bass of East Africa
Bengana
large type of lyre, used during Lent, church festivals in Ethiopia
Akadinda
large Ugandan Xylophone, 20 keys, used in royal court
Krar
5 or 6 stringed bowl shaped lyre from Ethiopia
Sansa
hand piano- melodic idiophone
Mbira
hand piano- Zimbabwe- melodic idiophone
pan pipes
bamboo or reed instrument composed of multiple small tubes of varying length tied together
water drum
calabash filled with water, upturend half calabashes float on water, played with stick or mallet made from calabash spoon (West Africa)
Valiha (Bebey)
tube zither, zithers who's strings run across the shell of a tube
Seron
harp lute- Guinea
Etwie
Ghanaian friction drum, played by rubbing drum head with a stick, makes animal roaring noise
Lithiophone
Group of basalt stones that can be struck to produce music, hit with stone strikers (Togo)
Instrumental materials
Bamboo, gourd, wood, iron, animal hide, calabash, fruit, millet stocks, clay, animal horns, elephant tusks
Earth Bow
flexible wooden pole planted in the ground. a string stretched from the upper end to a small plank that covers a hole in the ground
Mouth Bow
wooden bow with one string attached between two ends and is struck with a stick, mouth acts as a resonator
Resonator Bow
variation on the mouth bow, with the addition of a calabash resonator that’s placed in the middle of the bow