[DOC] [TLE] Banjo - Wikipedia [PAR] The banjo is a four-, five- or (occasionally) six-stringed instrument with a thin 
membrane ... The banjo is frequently associated with country, folk, Irish traditional 
and ... It could have come from the Yoruba word or term "Bami jo" which means ... 
Mbanza is a string African instrument that has been built after the Portuguese 
Banza... [DOC] [TLE] Qanun (instrument) - Wikipedia [PAR] The kanun, ganoun or kanoon is a string instrument played either solo, or more 
often as part of an ensemble, in much of the Middle East, Maghreb, West Africa, 
Central Asia, and southeastern regions of Europe. The name derives from the 
Arabic word qanun, meaning "rule, law, norm, ... These small levers, which can 
be raised or lowered quickly by the performer... [DOC] [TLE] List of national instruments (music) - Wikipedia [PAR] This list contains musical instruments of symbolic or cultural importance within a 
nation, state, ... These mostly come from alternative spellings within English or 
alternative ...... It is clear that the word shofar was not used as the name of the 
Jewish national instrument until ... Yearbook of the International Folk Music 
Council. [DOC] [TLE] String instrument - Wikipedia [PAR] String instruments, stringed instruments, or chordophones are musical 
instruments that produce ... All of the bowed string instruments can also be 
plucked with the fingers, ... instrument classification, used in organology, string 
instruments are called chordophones. ..... Jump up ^ The Concise Oxford 
Dictionary of Music. [DOC] [TLE] The African Origin of the Modern Musical Instruments: From the ... [PAR] Sep 21, 2013 ... The Moors of West Africa, the Mauritanians, the so-called Negros who ... Banjo 
was the instrument widely used in American folk music until ... Drums and 
drumming may have come into Europe in the times of ... the largest and lowest-
pitched bowed string instrument of the violin ... Definition of DULCIMER. [DOC] [TLE] A Brief History of the Guitar - Paul Guy Guitars [PAR] The guitar is an ancient and noble instrument, whose history can be traced back 
... unchanged form, as witness the folk instruments of the region like the Turkish ... 
The name "guitar" comes from the ancient Sanskrit word for "string" - "tar". ... 
chartar, 4-string instrument, Persia (most commonly known as "tar" in modern 
usage) [DOC] [TLE] Glossary of Musical Instruments by Hobgoblin Music [PAR] Glossary of Folk Musical Instruments & Styles from Around the World by 
Hobgoblin Music. ... Bata (African): set of three drums: the 'iyailu' or "mother drum"
, a talking drum .... Ektara: A North Indian single string instrument often home-
made and with an ... Fipple: a word meaning the sharp edge of the lip (of a flute 
or recorder). [DOC] [TLE] Musical Instruments - Paralumun New Age Village [PAR] A person who plays the harp is called a harpist or a harper. ... A bowed string 
instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. ... The word "violin" comes to us 
through the Romance languages from the .... A violin used in folk music. ... 
Bunches of young African men can be credited with contributing to the Steel 
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weird and obscure musical instruments includes a wide range of ancient, folk, ... 
Word, Definition ... gorah, bow-and-string instrument of Khoekhoe people ... 
kalimba, African musical instrument made of metal strips along a hollow wooden 
tube. [DOC] [TLE] Music is found in every known culture, past and present, varying ... [PAR] Around 50,000 years ago these humans began to disperse from Africa reaching 
... The origins of the Greek folk song can be traced back to the first centuries of .... 
its name comes from the two Persian words: san and tar, which mean 100 chords
. ... investigated its relation with the string instrument from East (India etc) as well
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Question: The name of this folk instrument may come from an African word meaning "string instrument"
Answer: a banjo