begena

Also known as bèguèna, beguena

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.

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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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==

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