music.wikisort.org - InstrumentWashint (Amharic: ዋሽንት) is an end-blown wooden flute originally used in Ethiopia. Traditionally, Amharic musicians would pass on their oral history through song accompanied by the washint as well as the krar, a six stringed lyre, and the masenqo, a one string fiddle.[1]
Wind instrument developed in Ethiopia
Washint|
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aerophone |
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Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 421.111.12 (end blown flute) |
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unknown, usually players take 20 to 30 washints with them for performing |
Occurrence
Along with the Krar and the Masenqo, the Washint flute is one of the most widespread and ubiquitous musical instruments of the Amharas.[2]
The washint is a favorite among the shepherds and cowherders.[3]
Construction and design
The washint can be constructed using bamboo, wood or other cane, and increasingly flutes of metal and plastic tubes can be seen.[2] Varieties exists in different lengths and relative fingerhole placement, and a performer might use several different flutes over the course of a performance to accommodate different song types.[4] It generally has four finger-holes, which allows the player to create a pentatonic scale.[5]
See also
- Ney, a flute of similar construction found in Middle Eastern Music
- Ney (Turkish), a Turkish flute of similar construction
- Kaval, a similar wind instrument found in Azerbaijan, Turkey, Macedonia and Bulgaria
- Music of Ethiopia - historical overview of music tradition of Ethiopia
- Krar, five or six-stranded bowl-shaped lyre used in Ethiopia and Eritrea
- Masenqo, single-stranded bowed lute in Ethiopian-Eritrean tradition.
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End- blown |
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Fipple | Recorders |
- Garklein
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Overtone |
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Vessel |
- Gemshorn
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- Shepherd's whistle
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Other |
- Chinese folk flute music
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- Vertical flute
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