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balafon
balafon, n. (ˈbæləfɒn) Also balafo, balaphon, and varr. [a. F. balafon (1688 in Trésor), f. Manding bala xylophone + fo to play.] A large xylophone with hollow gourds used as resonators, used in various parts of W. Africa and elsewhere in the performance of W. African music.. Cf. *ballard n.21797 En...
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Balafon
Mali
A modern festival devoted to the balafon, the Triangle du balafon, now takes place annually at Sikasso in Mali. Adrian Egger, Moussa Hema: Die Stimme Des Balafon - La Voix Du Balafon. Schell Music, .
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Identify which instrument is string or percussion: Balafon, Chrotta
Chrotta is string, Balafon is percussion.
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It was shown at Balafon Film Festival in Bari and at the 28º Festival di Cinema Africano di Verona, where it won several awards, assigned by the official
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ballard
▪ I. † ˈballard1 Obs. [app. f. ball n.3 + -ard. Cf. bald.] A bald-headed person.1382 Wyclif 2 Kings ii. 23 And scorneden to hym seying, Stye up, ballard! 1485 Caxton Trevisa's Higden i. xxv. 25 One sayde to Julius..Salue calue, that is hayll balard.▪ II. † ballard2 Obs. A kind of musical instrument....
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Farafina
History
The group was founded in the southern city of Bobo Dioulasso by the balafon player, Mahama Konaté, a member of the Senufo ethnic group and a The group mainly uses voices and instruments including the balafon, kora, djembe, bara, tama, [doum'doum), shekere, and keyboard.
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Bikutsi
Played in this way, the electric guitar sounded similar to the balafon. (The balafon is a marimba-like instrument that is widely used in African folk music.)
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Neba Solo
He learned to play the balafon from his father, who was also an accomplished musician. He soon began performing with other musicians and formed a group, with himself playing balafon and singing, his younger brother Siaka also playing balafon
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巴拉风
巴拉风(balafon ( , ; Bambara bala ) 是一种敲击演奏的木琴,利用葫芦产生共鸣。 现在在西非从几内亚到马里都可见此乐器。 巴拉风(balafon)一词可能来自于欧洲人将其曼丁哥语名巴拉(bala)与fôn(说话) 或希腊语词根phono结合而创造。 因此,Balafon 实际上指的是「演奏bala」。
在科洛卡尼和博博迪乌拉索地区,大型低音巴拉风仍称为巴拉(bala)。巴拉的键特别长,配有巨大葫芦用以放大声音。小型的高音巴拉风称为巴拉尼( Balani),其键较短,仅有3到4公分长。
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Niagassola
The town is the home of the world's oldest balafon and an important object for the Mandinka people, the 13th century Sosso-Bala, which has been labeled
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Soumaoro Kanté
This is the origin of the Manden djeli tradition of balafon playing. The balafon of Soumaoro Kanté is said to be kept by the Kouyate family to this day in the village of Niagassola in Guinea.
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Širom
Širom is Slovenian trio formed in 2015, consisting of Iztok Koren (banjo, bass drum, chimes, balafon), Ana Kravanja (violin, viola, ribab, kalimba, bendir , balafon) and Samo Kutin (ukulele, kalimba, tamburica, harps, balafon, sound objects).
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Kélétigui Diabaté
Kélétigui Diabaté (1931 – 30 November 2012) was a Malian musician, described as an "undisputed master" of the balafon, and as "one of the greatest figures Biography
Diabaté was born in 1931 into a family of well-known musicians, and learned to play guitar and saxophone as well as the balafon.
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Pioneer Jazz
city of Bamako after Modibo Keita, the Malian leader, began subsidizing musical groups as long as they used indigenous praise song, and the kora and balafon
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As of Not
Midway through Osgood starts playing a motif matched by Cooper on balafon for a minimalist interlude. Personnel
Jerome Cooper – drums, chirimia, balafon, electronic tonal activator
Kresten Osgood – drums, piano
References
Jerome Cooper albums
Percussion
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