Enneg
{{Short description|Mexican bowed string instrument}}
The enneg is a bowed string instrument.{{cite magazine |last= Romero|first= Brenda |date=1999 |title= Wood That Sings, Indian Fiddle Music of America |magazine=Ethnomusicology |volume= 43| number= 3|page=568 |publisher= University of Illinois Press |doi= 10.2307/852570 |jstor= 852570 }} It is a traditional instrument of the Seri or Konkaak tribe in northwestern Mexico.{{cite book |editor1-last= Kuss|editor1-first=Malena |date= 25 July 2010 |title=Music in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Encyclopedic History: Volume 1 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=SYuKB29_7qUC&q=konkaak+people&pg=PA387|publisher= University of Texas Press|page=387 |isbn= 9780292788404|access-date= 7 July 2019 |quote=Seri (Konkaak) people...}} It consists of a rectangular body carved from a block of wood, a bridge and has one string. The instrument is played with a mesquite-and-horsehair bow. It is used in rites and dances, similar to the kokyu',a Japanese instrument.
References
- {{cite book
|author=
| title = Atlas Cultural de México. Música.
| year = 1988
| publisher = México: INAH - Editorial Planeta
| isbn = 968-406-121-8
}}
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