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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Music of West Africa (section Kora music)
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 Instruments – Kora 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 (section The Broken Kora affair)
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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Olga Jackowska (redirect from Kora Jackowska)
(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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Griot (section Musical instruments used by griots)
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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Le Lion rouge (redirect from Pincez Tous vos Koras, Frappez les Balafons)
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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Music of Africa (redirect from African musical instruments)
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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Music of Mali (section Instruments)
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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