Begena
A wooden Begena with leather skin, gut strings and iron nails | |
| String instrument | |
|---|---|
| Classification | string |
| Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 321.2 (Composite chordophone sounded with a plectrum) |
| Developed | early 15th century |
| Related instruments | |
| lyre | |
The begena, (Amharic: በገና) is a ten-stringed box-lyre instrument from Ethiopia, and is the sole melodic instrument devoted only to the zema, the spiritual part of Ethiopian music.