The diddley bow is a string instrument of African origin made popular in America, probably developed from instruments found on the Ghana coast of west Africa.
The diddley bow is rarely heard outside the rural South. Other nicknames for this instrument include "jitterbug" or "one-string", while an ethnomusicologist would formally call it a "monochord zither".
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