Ugandan Music - Alur-style

I am sure most people when asked to think about African music will immediately think of the traditional African drum carved from wood and covered with animal hide. The drums are "tuned" by placing them outside in the sun and so warming the hide and the air within the drum cavity
 

Two other traditional instruments I have heard played at church and at other celebrations I have attended in and around Nebbi are a harp called an adungu and the agwara which is a side-blown horn. 

 

The adungu is a stringing instrument of the Alur people of the West Nile region of Uganda. It is an arch shaped harp of varying size and typically have from seven to ten strings.

 

 

The agwara comes from the Lugbara and Kebu tribes of the western Nile region and are played in groups of seven or more. These side-blown horns sometimes have a single finger hole.  The horns are made of cow horns and have only one mouthpiece; they are only used for communicating or giving signals.