begena
Sign in to saveThe begena, () is a ten-stringed box-lyre instrument from Ethiopia, and is the sole melodic instrument devoted only to the zema, the spiritual part of Ethiopian music.
Key facts
- Instrument.name
- Begena
- Instrument.image
- Begena, Ethiopia, wood, leather, skin, bowel strings, iron nails - Linden-Museum - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC03896.jpg
- Instrument.image_capt
- A wooden Begena with leather skin, gut strings and iron nails
- Instrument.background
- string
- Instrument.classification
- string
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
- 321.2
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
- Composite chordophone sounded with a plectrum
- Instrument.developed
- early 15th century
- Instrument.related
- lyre
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- Etymology and origin
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The begena, () is a ten-stringed box-lyre instrument from Ethiopia, and is the sole melodic instrument devoted only to the zema, the spiritual part of Ethiopian music.
==Etymology and origin==