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Uganda. Adungo/Idongo harp.
Adungu arched harp.
Fingering African arched harp(Adungu)

African Harps, particularly arched or "bow" harps, are found in several Sub-Saharan African music traditions, particularly in the north-east. Used from early times in Africa, they resemble the form of harps in ancient Egypt with a vaulted body of wood, parchment faced, and a neck, perpendicular to the resonant face, on which the strings are wound.

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African harp

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African Harps, particularly arched or "bow" harps, are found in several Sub-Saharan African music traditions, particularly in the north-east. Used from...

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Harp

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The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers....

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Arched Harp

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(1984). "Harp, section 6 African Harps". The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Vol. 2. pp. 156–157. Bebey, Francis (1975). African Music A People's...

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Mangbetu people

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named after them is the Mangbetu harp or guitar. See the National Music Museum and the Hamill Gallery for images. One harp has sold for over $100,000. Musicologists...

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Sacred Harp

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(Sherburne)" from the Sacred Harp Performed by the Alabama Sacred Harp Singers Problems playing this file? See media help. Sacred Harp singing is a tradition...

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Njacko Backo

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an African harp called zaa koua. Njacko was born in 1958 Bazou, Cameroon. At the age of 16 or 17 he left Cameroon and travelled around West Africa, then...

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Harp seal

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The harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), also known as Saddleback Seal or Greenland Seal, is a species of earless seal, or true seal, native to the northernmost...

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List of African musical instruments

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instruments from the Africa continent as well as their countries or regions of origin. Adungu (Uganda) African fiddle African harp (Sub-Saharan) Agogô...

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Angular harp

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resonator," the two arms forming an "open" harp. The harp stands in contrast to the arched harp or bow harp in which the angle is much less sharp and in...

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Baka Beyond

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djembe, ning nong, soga, kongoma, kpanlogo, tama, kalabash and kora (African Harp). According to the Guardian "They are an infuriatingly jovial multi-racial...

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Electric harp

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enable easier playing of complex African cross rhythms on an African derived modern electro-acoustic harp. It is a double harp that has 24 strings evenly divided...

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Fula people

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influenced by the other instruments of the region such as the beautiful West African harp, the kora, and the balafon. Entertainment is the role of certain casts...

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Yazh

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The yazh (Tamil: யாழ், also transliterated yāḻ, pronounced [jaːɻ]) is a harp used in ancient Tamil music. It was strung with gut strings that ran from...

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Belly harp

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The belly harp is a musical instrument found in West Africa (including Nigeria and Liberia) which is a musical bow with a gourd resonator which is held...

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Adungu

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arched harp of varying dimensions, ranging from seven to ten strings or more. The physical form of the a'dungu African harp derives from uniquely African origins...

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HarperCollins

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HarperCollins Publishers LLC is an Anglo-American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five" English-language publishers, along...

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Ben Harper

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Pomona, California. His late father, Leonard Harper, was of African-American ancestry, and his mother, Ellen Harper Verdries (née Chase), is Jewish. His maternal...

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Mandinka people

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professor of African American Religious History, Musa was highly influential in attracting North African and Middle Eastern Muslims to West Africa. The Mandinka...

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Ground bow

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over Africa used to be overlooked. Hornbostel (1933) classified is in the category of harps, although it has combined characteristics of a harp and a...

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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

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she was one of the first African American women to be published in the United States. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, Harper had a long and prolific...

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List of automobile manufacturers of Africa

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South Africa Brandt BRV Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa Harper Isuzu South Africa Land Systems Motorite Racing N4 Trucks Nissan South Africa OSI Vintage...

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Ancient Greek harps

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the smaller Egyptian bow harps or the modern African enanga. The Greeks used the tall vertical bow-harp, but rarely. It has been found in a single work...

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Space Harp

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harp, also known as a frankiphone, is an electrified lamellophone invented by Phil Cohran as part of a musicological experiment exploring his African...

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