Masenqo

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Masenqo
Masenqo
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The masenqo (also spelled masenko or masinqo) is a single-string bowed lute.[1] The square- or diamond-shaped resonator is normally covered with parchment or rawhide. The instrument is tuned by means of a large tuning peg. As with the krar, this is an instrument used by Ethiopian minstrels, or azmaris ("singer" in Amharic). The masenqo requires considerable virtuosity.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Shelemay, Kay Kaufman. "Ethiopia", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. S. Sadie and J. Tyrrell (London: Macmillan, 2001), viii, pp. 355-356.
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