Kenyan Indigenous Instruments and the Recorder

Kenyan instruments include the nyatiti (Luo lyre), orutu (Luo fiddle), isiriba, the drum (ngoma), shakers (maracas), the marimba and the kayamba. Instruments are grouped as strings, wind, percussion. The descant recorder is played with baroque fingering. Ensembles combine instruments to accompany songs and dances.