Goura (instrument)

The goura is a single stringed instrument, blown rather than plucked or strummed, with the string attached to a coconut shell resonator and with a tension noose wrapped around the string to adjust the pitch. It is considered the national instrument of the Khoikhoi people of South Africa.

References

• Balfour, Henry (January-June 1902). "The Goura, a Stringed-Wind Musical Instrument of the Bushmen and Hottentots". The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 32) 32: 156–176. doi:10.2307/2842910. JSTOR 2842910.