Nzenze

Nzenze *stick zither of the Bashi of Ruanda and the Bali of Batama of the Congo, with a wooden bar 75–100 cm. (30–40 in.) long, 4 cm. (1 1/2 in.) wide, 3 frets, 2 strings, of which 1 passes over the frets, and a gourd resonator. The unfretted string is raised on a movable bridge of varying position. The nzenze is held with the resonator facing up. The right hand plays the melody string, the drone being played with the thumb. The melody string yields a scale of approximately Eb F G A. Cf…