Lote – Pygmy notched flute played primarily by elders. Lokanga – A southern Malagasy three-string fiddle. Lojki – Wooden spoons used as percussion in traditional music. Lo – A small flat gong, about 20 cm wide (8 inches). Liuqin – A type of lute that looks like a smaller version of the pipa. Litungu – A traditional 8-string harp or lyre played by the Luhya ethnic group. Lirica – Small fiddle with three strings, held on the knee and bowed like cello, from Dalmatia. Lingbu – Tibetan bamboo transverse flute. Each player hammers the edges of the slit with a pair of mallets to produce two different notes. They are generally used in groups of three instruments of different size. The edges of this slit are of unequal thickness and produce two sounds of different pitch when struck. A tree or a solid block of wood is hollowed out to leave a longitudinal opening on the upper side. To change the pitch of the notes the cord is held under the player’s chin which is slid forward and back raising and lowering the pitch. A strong vine is used as the cord and a strong, elastic branch used as the bow. Limbindi – A bow instrument From the Baka forest people of southeast Cameroon. Limbi – A Tuvan side-blown, open-ended flute made of wood or bamboo. Players use circular breathing to produce continuous, wide-ranging melodies. Limbe – A side-blown flute made of hardwood or bamboo. Lera – A 4-6 finger hole cane flute found in the Niger River area of Nigeria. Leizi bili – Vertical six-hole flute indigenous to the Naxi ethnic group in Yunnan. Lé – Small drum used in Bahian candombles. Lavta – A long-neck fretted lute similar to the Greek laouto. Laure – Percussion instrument composed of a 20 cm. Given that it requires a constant flow of air, it is played using circular breathing.
Launeddas – A polyphonic reed instrument from Sardinia that is made up of three canes. The laud has a flat back, with 12 metal strings in 6 courses and a pear shaped body. Larchemi – Panpipe with a row of six reed pipes. Two shells are struck against each other creating a sound like a castanet. Lapas – Limpet shells used as a percussion instrument in the Canary Islands. Laouto – A long-neck fretted lute with only one sound hole. It consists of an oblong box with two strings, one of which is a drone. The oldest known Norwegian zither was found at Vardalsåsen by Gjøvik. The Norwegian zither is first mentioned in sources from 1622, where it is called langspill. The fingerboard under the uppermost string is fretted, and it is here that the melody is produced. This instrument has an oblong-shaped resonance box with or without a bottom, and a varying number of strings that run from one end of the box to a fastening at the other end. The roots of the Norwegian zither go back to the Middle Ages. The langeleik tradition has survived in the Valdres region of Norway. The langeleik has only one melody string and up to 8 drone strings.
Lambe – Large Wolof upright bass drum with closed bottom used in a sabar drum set. A smaller version of the lali drum called lali ni meke is used to perform music. Lali drums were originally used as a form of communication to announce births, deaths and wars. Used in traditional Andalusian folk music. Lahute – Photo courtesy of Angela Selmani Your Connection to traditional and contemporary World Music, including folk, roots, global music, ethno and crosscultural fusions
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