Major traditional musical instruments in Ethiopia

Major traditional musical instruments in Ethiopia

Major traditional musical instruments are the ‘Masinko’-one stringed, the ‘kerar’-6 stringed. the 10 stringed ‘Begena’-
(harp) used for playing ecclesiastical music and the ‘Washint’(flute). pipes and horns.

• St. yared is considered Ethiopia’s father of music he lived in Axum in the 6th century AD . He is the author of cantatas, traditional education and various pieces of religious literature that has been used by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church for the past 1.500 years.