tube fiddle
Illustration — Endingidi The endingidi (endingiri in Luganda) is a type of bowed string instrument native to Uganda. The endingidi has one string, extending from the neck to a cylindrical sound-box or resonator made of wood or cow horn. A piece of hide is stretched over the top of the cylinder and is fixed to the sound-box with wooden pegs, thorny spines or nowadays also with metal nails.
Also recorded as Fiddle String · African violin
tube fiddle
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- bowed string instrument
- Region
- Uganda
- Related practice
- string · wood
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Illustration — Endingidi The endingidi (endingiri in Luganda) is a type of bowed string instrument native to Uganda. The endingidi has one string, extending from the neck to a cylindrical sound-box or resonator made of wood or cow horn. A piece of hide is stretched over the top of the cylinder and is fixed to the sound-box with wooden pegs, thorny spines or nowadays also with metal nails.
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Bowed string instrument native to Uganda.
Materials recorded for it are string and wood. It is associated with Uganda.
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