DDEX Data Dictionary, 19-12-03

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Sintir

Three-string, skin-covered bass plucked lute. Used by the Gnawa people. It is approximately the size of a guitar, with a body carved from a log and covered on the playing side with camel skin. The camel skin has the same acoustic function as the membrane on a banjo. The neck is a simple stick with one short and two long goat strings that produce a percussive sound similar to a pizzicato cello or double bass.

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Belongs to Class	StringInstrument	Instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when the performer plays the strings in some manner, usually by bowing, plucking, or striking.
Belongs to AVS	avs:InstrumentType	A Type of musical instrument.

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