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Karimba вЂ“ A 15-key thumb piano from Zimbabwe with a round wooden plate upon which the instrument is mounted and affixed with a semi-circular wooden wall around the instrument to act as an amplifier. Karataky вЂ“ A double-headed cylindrical drum from southern Madagascar. Also known as pipiza, zounardi and zurnas. Karamudza вЂ“ Greek double reed instrument sometimes played in pairs. Name variations include qanun, kanon, kanoon, kanoun, quanoon, qanoun.

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This stringed instrument, similar in look to a zither, has a total of 72-75 grouped strings that are tuned flat and then raised or lowered in small semitone increments using a series of latches. Kanun вЂ“ An ancient Middle Eastern instrument. Name variations include kemancheh, kemancha and kemence. It is very popular in traditional Persian music. Even though it is almost the size of a violin, the kamanche is held upright. Kamanche вЂ“ A small Central Asian, Georgian and Armenian knee fiddle, bowed like a cello, with four metal strings and four sympathetic strings that belongs to the violin family of instruments. Although the name Kalimba is used in northern Zimbabwe, it is sometimes used as a generic name for any type of African lamellaphone or thumb piano.

The sound is produced by the vibration of tongues of metal or wood. Kamele ngoni means young personвЂ™s ngoni and is played primarily in the Manding region of Burkina Faso and Mali.

The gourd resonator is attached to an arched wooden neck strung with 14 strings. Kamele ngoni вЂ“ West African harp made from a dried calabash gourd covered in sheep skin. It typically consists of nineteen strings, three of gut for melody, two of brass for drone, and fourteen of steel for sympathetic resonance. Kamaycha вЂ“ Vertically held string instrument. Kalyuka вЂ“ Russian and Ukrainian overtone flute. Kaiambarambo вЂ“ A bundle of resonant grasses. Kagura suzu вЂ“ A hand held bell tree composed of three levels of jingle bells. Kabosy вЂ“ A short lute in the shape of a box. Kabaro вЂ“ Popular single or double-headed drum. Your Connection to traditional and contemporary World Music, including folk, roots, global music, ethno and crosscultural fusions

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