Goura (musical instrument)
- Goura (musical instrument)
The "goura" is a single stringed instrument, blown rather than plucked or strummed, with the string attached to a coconut shell resonator and with a tension noose wrapped around the string to adjust the pitch. It is considered the national instrument of the Khoikhoi.
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*cite journal|title=The Goura, a Stringed-Wind Musical Instrument of the Bushmen and Hottentots|first=Henry|last=Balfour|journal=The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland|volume=32|month=January-June|year=1902|pages=156–176|url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0959-5295%28190201%2F06%2932%3C156%3ATGASMI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-I|accessdate=December 17|accessyear=2007|doi=10.2307/2842910
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