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String instrument | |
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Classification | Ghanaian stringed instrument with 6-14 strings |
Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 323-5 (Acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, in which the plane of the strings lies at right angles to the sound-table; a line joining the lower ends of the strings would be perpendicular to the neck. These have notched bridges. Sounded by the bare fingers) |
Related instruments | |
Bolon, koriduo, kora, aloko, simbing[1] | |
Musicians | |
Osei Korankye, Baffour Kyeremateng, Kay Benyarko |
The seperewa, also known as seprewa or sanku, is a Ghanaian (specifically Akan) harp-lute, similar to the Dagaare/Sisaala koriduo, the Mandé kora, the Gere duu, and Baoule aloko.[2]