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Luo orutu Luo orutu, or simply "orutu", [1] is the one-stringed fiddle [1] of East Africa. [2]It is typically accompanied by Nyatiti lyre, Bul drums, the Nyangile sound box, Ongeng'o metal rings, Asili flute, and the Oporo horn.
The missionaries, with the cooperation of the imperial administration, were probably most directly responsible for the modification, suppression, or even disappearance of many aspects of traditional culture and music in most of the African societies (Hanna, 1965). everything African or indigenous was purported as bad and contrary to God's will.
A hereditary class of West African musicians, griots, play only tanged lutes; but non-griot performers in West Africa play a mixture of both spike lutes and tanged lutes. [ 3 ] The resonator of these West African lutes may be made of wood, metal (such as a discarded can), hide, or a half- calabash gourd. [ 3 ]
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Africa (regional): Hhajhuj (Sentir) (North Africa) Kibangala (Gabusi) (East Africa) Kora (West Africa) Kwitra (Kouitra) Loutar (Central North Africa) Nngoni (West and Central Africa) Oud arbi (Northern Africa) Ramkie (Southern Africa) Albania: Qiftelia; Šargija; Sharki (Sharkia) Algeria: Kwitra; Mondol (Mandole) Argentina: Guitarrón Argentino ...
A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. [1] It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music . Although in many cases violins and fiddles are essentially synonymous, the style of the music played may determine specific construction differences between fiddles and ...
Goge in the Royal Museum for Central Africa. The various names by which the goje is known by include goge or goje ( Hausa , Zarma ), gonjey ( Dagomba , Gurunsi ), gonje , ( Mamprusi , Dagomba ), njarka ( Songhay ), n'ko ( Bambara , Mandinka and other Mande languages ), riti ( Fula , Serer ), and nyanyeru or nyanyero .
Frank Johnson (c. 1789 – 1871) [1] was an American popular fiddle player and brass band leader based in North Carolina, near Wilmington, United States, for most of the nineteenth century. [2] Although largely forgotten by history books and often confused with composer Francis "Frank" Johnson , he helped define the sound of African-American ...