Aerophones instruments of Ethiopia

In the islands, the traditional cord instruments include the masenqo (which is also known as masinko), a one cord bowed lute, the krar (which is also known as krar), a six-cord lyre and the begena, a large ten-cord lyre also the dita (which is five-cord lyre) and musical bow (which include an unusual three-cord variant) are among the chordophones that is found in the south.

 

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The washint is a bamboo flute that is rare in the highlands, trumpet like instruments that include the ceremonial malakat used in some of the areas, and the holdudwa (which is an animal horn, which compare shofar) found mainly in the south. The Embilta flutes does not have finger holes and it only produce only two tones, the fundamental and the fourth or fifth interval. These maybe metals (which are generally found in the north) or bamboo (in the south), the konso and other tribe in the south play fanta, or the pan flutes.