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Masenqo
String musical instrument from Ethiopia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The masenqo (Amharic: ማሲንቆ; Tigrinya: ጭራ-ዋጣ (ዋጣ), also known as masinko, is a single-stringed bowed lute commonly found in the musical traditions of Eritrea and Ethiopia.[1] As with the krar, this instrument is used by Ethiopian minstrels called azmaris ("singer" in Amharic) .[2] Although it functions in a purely accompaniment capacity in songs, the masenqo requires considerable virtuosity,[1] as azmaris accompany themselves while singing.
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![]() A traditional Ethiopian masinko or chira-wata | |
String instrument | |
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Classification | chordophone |
Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 321.311 (spike bowed lute) |
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