Inanga yo gucuranga

Inānga:  ni igikoresho cy'umuziki gakondo cyacurangwaga mu Burundi, u Rwanda, Uganda, no mu bice bya Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Kongo. Igizwe nijwi ryoroheje, ijwi ryakozwe n'urugingo runini cyane rufata imirongo hejuru kurubaho. Inanga m'ubusanzwe ifite imirongo iri hagati ya itandatu n'umunani. 

 Kubaka & gukoresha 
Imigozi karemano yakoreshwa m'ugukora imirya; gakondo,  n'amara y'inyamanswa cyangwa imitsi yakoreshwaga mugukora imirya y'inanga, ariko muri iki gihe, imigozi y'icyuma niyo ikunze gukoreshwa. "Inanga".  Iyi migozi isanzwe ishyirwa mubice bikurikira: imihanuro, imirongo ibiri yambere, imirya y'amajwi ihibongoza, imirongo yo hagati, n' imyakiro, imirongo ibiri yanyuma. Imirongo mu byukuri igizwe numwe gusa, muremure cyane umugozi unyuze mu mutwe.  Hanyuma igahambirirwa ku rubingo.  Inanga ikurikira igipimo cya pentatonike . Umukinnyi ahuza igikoresho mu gukomeza no kurekura igikoresho. 

 Umuco 
Mu bihe byashize, inanga yakinwaga cyane na bacuranzi babigize umwuga ku bayobozi; mu bisanzwe ba ririmbaga indirimbo zidasanzwe n'amateka asingiza umukunzi wabo. "Inanga". 

Abana ntibakunze kwigishwa gucuranga inanga. Mubusanzwe se abika inanga ye ahantu hagaragara, kandi umwana yiga gukina wenyine. Gukina Inanga mu bisanzwe bifatwa nk'igikorwa cya bagabo, "Inanga: Rwanda's centuries-old music instrument".  kandi abakinnyi b' inanga bazwi cyane ni abagabo. 

Mu Burundi, inanga yari isanzwe ikinirwa umwami 

wo mu Burundi baruhuka n'ijoro. Inanga nayo yakinishijwe inka, kuko byatekerezaga ko zikunda amajwi meza yayo. Aho ifatwa nk'igikoresho cya mbere cy'avumbuwe mu gihugu.
Mu Rwanda, inanga ifatwa nkakimwe mu bikoresho bya muzika by'ingenzi kandi byubahwa. Bamwe mu bakinnyi b'inanga bakomeye bo mu Rwanda  barimo: Thomas Kirusu,  Victor Kabarira, Sentore Masamba, Vianney Mushabizi, Jules Sentore, Joseph Sebatunzi, Daniel Ngarukiye, na Sophie Nzayisenga. 

 Reba 

Ikiciro:Umuco