krar

English

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Etymology

From Amharic ክራር (kərar).

Noun

krar (plural krars)

  1. (music) A five-stringed, bowl-shaped lyre of Eritrea and Ethiopia.
    • 2018 February 20, Giovanni Russonello, “An African Funk Pioneer Gets a Second Chance on a Global Stage”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
      His playing, full of clustered filigree and loosely rendered rhythms, nods toward Ethiopia’s tradition of solitary folk playing, typically on the krar or the masinko, both stringed instruments.
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  • Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

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