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{{Short description|Tuareg fiddle-type traditional instrument}}
[[File:Imzad (bowd spike lute, 20th century, Tuareg people, Ahaggar Region, Algeria) - MIM PHX (2022-04-06 02.20.56 by Terry Ballard).jpg|thumb|300px |Imzad bowed lute. 20th century, Tuareg people, Ahaggar Region, Algeria]]
[[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Langhalsluit met 1 snaar TMnr 2760-74.jpg|right|thumb|300px|An imzad]]
[[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Langhalsluit met 1 snaar TMnr 2760-74.jpg|right|thumb|300px|An imzad]]
The '''imzad''' (alternately '''amzad''') is a single-string bowed instrument used by the [[Tuareg people|Tuareg]] people in Africa.
The '''imzad''' (Arabic: [[wikt:إمزاد|إمزاد]]; alternately '''amzad''') is a single-string bowed instrument used by the [[Tuareg people|Tuareg]] people in Africa.


Its body is made out of a [[calabash]] or wood which is covered by animal skin. The strings are made from horse hair and are connected near the neck, and runs over a two-part bridge. The round bow is also equipped with horse hair.
Its body is made out of a [[calabash]] or wood which is covered by animal skin. The strings are made from horse hair and are connected near the neck, and runs over a two-part bridge. The round bow is also equipped with horse hair.


The imzad is only played by the women for example to accompany songs, often during an evening ceremony called ''[[takket]]''. However, there are modern attempts to promote the instrument as inherent to Tuareg culture.
The imzad is only played by the women for example to accompany songs,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fr.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Page:Foucauld,_Dictionnaire_touareg.djvu/1270&action=edit&redlink=1|title=Foucauld, Dictionnaire touareg|website=Fr.wikisource.org|access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref> often during an evening ceremony called ''[[takket]]''. However, there are modern attempts to promote the instrument as inherent to Tuareg culture.


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{fr icon}} [http://www.imzadanzad.com/ Project page "Sauver l'imzad" with images and music examples]
* {{in lang|fr}} [https://imzad.org/english/index.html Project page "Sauver l'imzad" with images and music examples] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321015119/http://imzadanzad.com/ |date=2008-03-21 }}


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Revision as of 05:00, 17 June 2023

Imzad bowed lute. 20th century, Tuareg people, Ahaggar Region, Algeria
An imzad

The imzad (Arabic: إمزاد; alternately amzad) is a single-string bowed instrument used by the Tuareg people in Africa.

Its body is made out of a calabash or wood which is covered by animal skin. The strings are made from horse hair and are connected near the neck, and runs over a two-part bridge. The round bow is also equipped with horse hair.

The imzad is only played by the women for example to accompany songs,[1] often during an evening ceremony called takket. However, there are modern attempts to promote the instrument as inherent to Tuareg culture.

References

  1. ^ "Foucauld, Dictionnaire touareg". Fr.wikisource.org. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
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