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Xalam (in Serer, khalam in Wolof, and Mɔɣlo in Dagbanli) is a traditional lute from West Africa with 1 to 5 strings. [2] The xalam is commonly played in Mali, Gambia, Senegal, Niger, Northern Nigeria, Northern Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and Western Sahara.
Lutes are stringed musical instruments that include a body and "a neck which serves both as a handle and as a means of stretching the strings beyond the body". [1]The lute family includes not only short-necked plucked lutes such as the lute, oud, pipa, guitar, citole, gittern, mandore, rubab, and gambus and long-necked plucked lutes such as banjo, tanbura, bağlama, bouzouki, veena, theorbo ...
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]
English: Molo Musical String Instrument, Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Lois Turner Williams. This particular instrument was collected by Dr. Lorenzo Dow Turner, from the Hausa people of Nigeria in 1951 (see source page)/ Anacostia Community Museum/Smithsonian Institution
The nyatiti is a five to eight-stringed plucked bowl yoke lute from Kenya. It is a classical instrument played by the Luo people of Western Kenya, specifically in the Siaya region south of Kisumu. It is about two to three feet long with a bowl-shaped, carved wood resonator covered in cow skin.
Le Luth Doré Urtext music editions The most important collection of modern Urtext music editions for lute. Photos of historic instruments. Photos of historic lutes at the Cité de la Musique in Paris; Instruments et oeuvres d'art – search-phrase: Mot-clé(s) : luth Facteurs d'instruments – search-phrase: Instrument fabriqué : luth
The keleli is a lute of the Teda people of Tibesti, Republic of Chad. [1] [2] The instrument consists of a round bowl covered with camel, goat or zebra-hide soundboard, and a neck to support the strings. [1] [2] The instrument is built by individuals for themselves. [2] Children lean to play by imitating adults. [2]
The Northwest African rebab consists of two joined parts: the elongated, boat-shaped instrument (Morocco) or pear-shaped instrument (Algeria and Tunisia), and the bent-back tuning head. The body up to the peghead is hollow; the carved body is 48–60 cm long, 9–12 cm wide, 8 cm deep, and is made of walnut or cedar wood.