Sintir
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sintir-187-3689373
title:
Sintir
text:
The sintir, also known as the guembri (الكمبري), gimbri, hejhouj in Hausa language, is a three stringed skin-covered bass plucked lute used by the Gnawa people of Morocco. It is approximately the size of a guitar, with a body carved from a log and covered on the playing side with camel skin. The camel skin has the same acoustic function as the membrane on a banjo. The neck is a simple stick with one short and two long goat strings that produce a percussive sound similar to a pizzicato cello or d
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Moroccan lute
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sintir
date created:
2006-01-05T02:13:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T13:17:10Z
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13
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