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Pages in category "Ghanaian musical instruments" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The following is a list of musical instruments from the Africa continent as well as their countries or regions of origin. A ... Rakatak (Ghana) Ralé-pouss ...
Used as accompaniment to melodic instruments; Flutes; Goonji/Gonjey/Goge – Traditional one stringed-fiddle played by a majority of other sahelian groups in West Africa. Gungon – Bass snare drum of the Lunsi ensemble. Of northern origin, it is played throughout Ghana by various groups, known by southern groups as brekete.
There are many styles of traditional and modern music of Ghana, due to Ghana's worldwide geographic position on the African continent. [1] [2] [3] The best known modern genre originating in Ghana is Highlife. [4] For many years, Highlife was the preferred music genre until the introduction of Hiplife and many others. [5] [6]
This list contains musical instruments of symbolic or cultural importance within a nation, state, ethnicity, tribe or other group of people. In some cases, national instruments remain in wide use within the nation (such as the Puerto Rican cuatro ), but in others, their importance is primarily symbolic (such as the Welsh triple harp).
The monuments list is taken from the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, according to their description "legal custodian of Ghana's material cultural heritage (movable and immovable heritage)" [1] GMMB classifies the monuments: The ID used on this page in reference to the Regions of Ghana are based on the ISO Regional ID standards.
This is a list of musical instruments, including percussion, wind, stringed, and electronic instruments. Percussion instruments (idiophones, membranophones, struck chordophones, blown percussion instruments)
Gonjey music is found amongst the Dagomba people of Northern Ghana, which is in West Africa [3] and is known to the West through modern proponents such as Kenge Kenge [4] and the ethnomusicological archival activities of Nana Kimati Dinizulu, son of the late Nana Opare Dinizulu.