Kissar
chordophone sounded with a plectrum) | |
| Developed | Sumer, Egypt, (Bronze Age) |
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| Related instruments | |
The kissar (also spelled kissir), tanbour or gytarah barbaryeh is the traditional
. It consists of a body having instead of the traditionaldrone accompaniment.[1]
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Egypt, 1859. The Kissar Player,
painting by Frederick Goodall -
Man playing kissar in Egypt
The kissar has been a popular instrument in northern Sudan in Nubian and
Nuba and Beja people.[2]
See also
- Krar
- Tanbura
References
- ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 837.
- ^ Mahi Ismail. Sudan. 1995. In Sadie, Stanley (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, vol. 18. London, Macmillan, pp. 325-331.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kissar". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 837.
