krar

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): Our fathers and grandfathers listened to this music and played these traditional musical instruments, the masenko and krar.

CNN Transcript Feb 7, 2009 2009

After that we danced, the kids with drums and a man playing the krar – a traditional Ethiopian instrument with five strings on a frame, his carrying a sign that said: ‘BAN LAND MINES’.

Long Way Down Ewan McGregor 2007

After that we danced, the kids with drums and a man playing the krar – a traditional Ethiopian instrument with five strings on a frame, his carrying a sign that said: ‘BAN LAND MINES’.

Long Way Down Ewan McGregor 2007

After that we danced, the kids with drums and a man playing the krar – a traditional Ethiopian instrument with five strings on a frame, his carrying a sign that said: ‘BAN LAND MINES’.

Long Way Down Ewan McGregor 2007

After that we danced, the kids with drums and a man playing the krar – a traditional Ethiopian instrument with five strings on a frame, his carrying a sign that said: ‘BAN LAND MINES’.

Long Way Down Ewan McGregor 2007

The new ringlass chimed in tune with the krar; the outer rings of colored glass resonated in harmony.

Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

He bent stiffly and picked up his krar, twanging its three strings in turn.

Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

When his strength had returned a little, he made for the largest of the buildings framing the courtyard, a giant crystal made in the shape of a krar; the place where ringlass was still being formed, year after year, century after century.

Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

As each new piece was inserted, he tuned it with his krar, slicing tiny slivers of glass from the sections he was altering until both sight and sound merged with the image in his head.

Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

As he tuned this new work with his krar, his absorption deepened.

Asimov's Science Fiction 2004