Tom (instrument)
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The tom is a plucked lamellophone used in the traditional music of the Nuer and Anuak ethnic groups of western Ethiopia
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The instrument was also used in some pieces performed by Orchestra Ethiopia
in the 1960s.
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
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The instrument was also used in some pieces performed by Orchestra Ethiopia
Orchestra Ethiopia
Orchestra Ethiopia was an Ethiopian performing group formed in 1963 by the Egyptian-born American composer and ethnomusicologist Halim El-Dabh...
in the 1960s.