What is "krar"

alt. A five-stringed, bowl-shaped lyre of Eritrea and Ethiopia. n. A five-stringed, bowl-shaped lyre of Eritrea and Ethiopia.

The krar or kraar is a five- or six-stringed bowl-shaped lyre from Eritrea and Ethiopia. The instrument is tuned to a pentatonic scale. A modern krar may be amplified, much in the same way as an electric guitar or violin.