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[[www.echouganda.com]African folk music instruments,Uganda traditional music and dance #REDIRECT adungu, enanga, omukuri/endere, entongoli, akadinda/madinda,akogo, enkwanzi/panpipes, #REDIRECT endigindi/endingili, engoma/ngoma, a kariba/ bakiisimba drums. these are the most common african traditional instruments found in east africa. The Adungu consists of an arched neck, a wooden resonator (sound box) in which the neck is fixed,and a series of parallel strings of unequal lengths that are plucked.The strings are fixed at one end to the resonator and run at an oblique angle to the neck,where they are attached and tuned with pegs.In the tradional music, Adungu is tuned on apetatonic scale five notes but it can also be tuned on adaitonic scale {progressive style} {The first, Second, and third strings are tuned in octaves with the sixth, seventh, and eighth respectively}Its mainly three adungu's that make up a full ensemble { Solo adungu which play the melody, medium adungu for harmony and bass adungu for bass }.[[File:

Endingidi {Ugandan violin}

Tube fiddle or one string fiddle - string instrumentawooden soud box its played with a bow, its tuned in apentatonic scale,it acompane dances and its included in an esemble of most ugandan

Nanga -Enanga trough zither - string instrument It has eight strings which run above a wooden trough. A zither is an instrument in which the strings run parallel to the resonator, [sound box ] which extends the entire length of the strings

Its a one string instrument which is attached to a flexible stick It's  mainly a Story telling instrument, Poem resighting and it acompanes some dances in kigezi western  part of uganda. It's tuned in apentatonic scale.

ENTONGOOLI/ NDONGO -BOW LYER This is a traditional instrument from Buganda.Buganda is one of the many cultures found in Uganda. This instrument comes from the string family. The origin of this instrument is not well-established .The Basoga claim to have invented the instrument and at the same time, the Baganda also claim so.Although, it is mainly found in Buganda and it `s one of the royal instruments in the Kabaka `s palace. Endogo used to be played only in the palace by the palace musicians who were not allowed to play anywhere else. It’s mainly used to accompany wedding music as well as dance. (Embagga dance).It can be played solo and also in an ensemble.This instrument is almost extinct and very few people play it in Uganda.

amadinda/xylophone The xylophone is a very popular instrument in the Bantu region.The keys are separated by either long sticks (among the Buganda) or short ones and are placed on banana stems. The Bakonjo and Busoga use both short and long sticks. The keys are tied in place by threading string through small holes in the wood.

The Amadinda xylophone has two "shoulders" carved on the bottom so that the keys, which are not fixed,will not move when placed on the banana stems. Nowadays the entire instrument is made out of