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현악기 > 피들류 > Mbeve

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  • Single-stringed fiddle of the Kamba people in East Kenya, played with a long special bow, made of a special plant. Different fingering from the orutu and the ishiriri. Same function as the orutu and the ishiriri: provides the melody and may be played solo or in sets

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Entry terms

  • Mbebe
  • Mbeveve

Created

  • 2014-10-22

Editorial note

  • to be translated (ko)

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http://www.mimo-db.eu/InstrumentsKeywords/6911

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