The masinko is one of the most popular traditional music instruments used throughout Ethiopia and one of the fixtures in Ethiopian music and culture. Other influential masinko players include Legesse Abdi (in Oromiffa language), Adane Teka and Habtemichael Demissie, while Alemayehu Fanta more recently played Amharic songs using the single-stringed instrument. The group attained prominence when Charles Sutton, a US Peace Corps member fascinated by the instrument, joined the group and learnt to play one. The group subsequently toured the US, introducing Ethiopia’s traditional music at concerts. Verses are typically created by the vocalist and player of the instrument - or as is the tradition, the audience suggests poems or lyrics and the vocalist just repeats them word for word. Among the greatest masinko specialists in Ethiopia was Getamessay Abebe, who used to be a leading member of the Ethiopian Orchestra, a traditional musical group founded in 1963. It is relatively easy to make and is played by rubbing a bow made of a string against the fiddle. People in the Ethiopian highland areas learn to play the masinko at a very early age, particularly in the north around Gondar. The masinko as it is a kind of fiddle made from the tail of horses and a piece of hide. The masinko is a single-stringed instrument that is used in many parts of the country by several people, including the Amhara, the Tigreans and Oromo. The most characteristic and widely used instruments are the masinko, the krar, the washint, the begena, the kebero, and the tom-tom. The spirituality of Ethiopians is expressed in the form of music. All these types of tunes and melodies are prepared and performed using various traditional instruments.Įthiopian traditional music is best expressed with its musical instruments, besides the contribution of the renowned vocalists. The music is also about love, with wonderful melodies and poetic lyrics. The music is about war as well as patriotism, songs of victory, songs that incite support for a certain crusade.
The music of Ethiopia is a reflection of all the historical and social episodes, such as the military campaigns that various warlords or chiefs had to launch.
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