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    The kora (Manding languages: ߞߐߙߊ kɔra) is a stringed instrument used extensively in West Africa. A kora typically has 21 strings, which are played by...
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    musical instruments that were considered demonic. An example that would further define the music of Sub-Sahara is the Kora music and Kora instrument. Kora is...
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  • Kenya Kora, Mali, a village Kora, Jhelum, a village in Pakistan Kora (instrument), a stringed musical instrument of West African origin Kora Awards,...
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    A folk instrument is a traditional musical instrument that has remained largely restricted to traditional folk music, and is not usually used in the classical...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ngoni (instrument). "Other Musical InstrumentsKora Music". www.kora-music.ml. "MAMAJOWALI". -fula-brothers. Moriba...
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  • Kora's sound draws upon traditional music from the language, instruments, rhythm and themes of the south of Burkina Faso. While in high school, Kora joined...
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    Gravikord (redirect from Gravi-kora)
    electro-acoustic instrument. The Gravi-kora is a similar instrument, also developed by Grawi, which is tuned identically to a traditional 21 string kora. The Gravikord...
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    Sona Jobarteh (category Gambian Kora players)
    principal kora-playing (griot) families from West Africa, and the first female member of such a family to rise to prominence on this instrument. The playing...
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    Plucked string instruments are a subcategory of string instruments that are played by plucking the strings. Plucking is a way of pulling and releasing...
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    This is a list of musical instruments, including percussion, wind, stringed, and electronic instruments. Other** AlphaSphere Audiocubes Bass pedals Continuum...
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  • traditional music amongst the Mandé-speaking people is played on the kora, a stringed instrument with 21 or more strings mainly associated by the Mandinka people...
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    Ballaké Sissoko (born 1968) is a Malian player of the kora. He has worked with Toumani Diabaté and Taj Mahal, and is a member of the group 3MA with Driss...
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    Xalam (redirect from Kologo (instrument))
    solo or duo instrument to accompany praise songs and historical recitations, and in some areas it may form part of a larger group including kora, drums, and...
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    (née Ostrowska; 8 June 1951 – 28 July 2018), also known by the mononym of Kora, was a Polish rock vocalist and songwriter. She was the lead singer of the...
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    Toumani Diabaté (category Malian Kora players)
    tradition of players of the kora, a 21-string west African harp-like instrument. His father, Sidiki Diabaté, recorded the first-ever kora album, in 1970. His...
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  • (Ukraine) Kokles (Latvia) Konghou (China) Kontigi (Nigeria) Komuz (Kyrgyzstan) Kora (West Africa) Koto (Japan) Krar (Eritrea) Kse diev (Cambodia) kumuz (Kyrgyzstan)...
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    griots are often skilled instrumentalists. Their instruments include stringed instruments like the kora, the khalam (or xalam), the ngoni, the kontigi,...
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    tuning a kora with open machine heads An open machine head, detached from the instrument A closed machine head, detached from the instrument Tuning a...
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  • Republic, "La Renaissance". The kora (a type of harp) and balafon (wooden xylophone) are traditional Senegalese musical instruments. "Symbolique nationale"....
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    N'Faly Kouyate (category Guinean Kora players)
    Slumbering stories in and around Siguiri. Article by Rachel Laget based on anthropological field research. (www.xpeditions.eu) Kora (instrument) v t e v t e...
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    a narrow drum or membranophone. Kidi – a drum about two feet tall Kora (instrument) – a 21 string double harp-lute Kloboto Kpanlogo Prempensua – large...
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    Balafon (category West African musical instruments)
    of paper, thus giving the instrument a damper tone that emitted a "thudding" sound similar to the balafon. The balafon, kora (lute-harp), and the ngoni...
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    Seckou Keita (category Senegalese Kora players)
    (born 14 February 1978) is a kora player and drummer from Senegal. He is one of the few champions of the lesser-known kora repertoire from Casamance in...
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    Harp lute (category Composite instrument stubs)
    accord-guitarre, towards the middle of the same century; and the keyed guitar. Kora (instrument) Gravikord Schlesinger 1911, p. 15.  This article incorporates text...
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  • African Musical Instruments". Brand Focus Africa. Retrieved 2 January 2025. "African Musical Instruments: From the Algaita to the Kora". Pan-African.net...
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    Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Senegal and The Gambia. The kora is by far the most popular traditional instrument. It is similar to both a harp and a lute and can...
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  • group, consisting of three players of different string instruments: Ballaké Sissoko from Mali on kora, Driss El Maloumi from Morocco on oud and Rajery from...
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    style in which he makes his Fender Stratocaster sound like local instruments such as the kora or xalam. Mbaye is different from other guitarists because of...
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    Adame Ba Konaté, Djibril Konaté, Moussa Koné, Boubacar Konte, Amadou Kora (instrument) Kouyaté, Assane Fabou Kouyate, Garan Kouyaté, Kandia Kouyate, Moussa...
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  • Retrieved December 17, 2007. zither, national instrument of Madagascar, similar in sound to the kora "Like a God When He Plays". Archived from the original...
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