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    Ikembe, is a type of musical instrument of the lamellaphone group, common amongst the people of Rwanda, Burundi and the Congo. The instrument consists...
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    sheet into a narrow cylinder, with a hook of metal attached at top The ikembe, technically a lamellaphone consisting of a series of iron lamellae fixed...
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  • stories of Rwandan heroes and kings, accompanied by instruments like ngoma, ikembe, iningiri, umuduri and inanga. The inanga, a lyre-like string instrument...
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    electric lamellophone made by Hohner and invented by Ernst Zacharias, in 1963. Ikembe, an instrument common among the Hutu of Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern DR...
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    Burundian dances. Some musical instruments of note are the flute, zither, ikembe, indonongo, umuduri, inanga and the inyagara. The country's oral tradition...
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    comb. 122.1 With laced on lamellae. Array mbira Agidigbo (Nigeria) Eleke Ikembe Insimbi Kalimba Kasayi Kisanji Likembe Lukembe (Congo and Tanganyika) Maduimba...
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    Hyoshigi Japan Unpitched 111.11 Idiophone Igba Unpitched Membranophone Ikembe Africa Pitched 122.1 Idiophone Lamellophone Ikoro Nigeria Unpitched 111...
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  • people of western DR Congo and eastern Congo Republic. It is also known as Ikembe, Chisanji, Eleke or sanza, and is played by holding the instrument in both...
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  • the teeth of a comb. 122.1 With laced on lamellae. Array mbira Agidigbo Ikembe (Eleke, Kisanji) Kalimba (thumb piano) Kasayi Marímbula Mbira (Sansa, Sanza...
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    fifth. The umuduri is made by the Twa but used by the Hutu. Along with the ikembe, the umuduri was introduced to Rwanda in the early twentieth century. It...
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    and shields and lead the procession with their dance. Instrumentation; ikembe – inanga – iningiri – umuduri – ikondera – ihembe – urutaro. Dances: ikinimba –...
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