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The term African fiddle may be applied to any of several African bowed string instruments. Instruments ... This page was last edited on 1 July 2023, at 08:20 (UTC).
The goje (the Hausa name for the instrument) is one of the many names for a variety of one or one-stringed fiddles from West Africa, played by groups such as the Yoruba in Sakara music and west African groups that inhabit the Sahel. Snakeskin or lizard skin covers a gourd bowl, and a horsehair string is suspended on bridge.
Fiddle makers (17 P) I. Indigenous American fiddles (2 P) M. Fiddle music (2 C, 6 P) S. Songs about fiddles (5 P) V. ... This page was last edited on 5 March 2020, at ...
A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. [1] It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music . Although in many cases violins and fiddles are essentially synonymous, the style of the music played may determine specific construction differences between fiddles and ...
20.22 (+1.1 m/s) Clarence Munyai South Africa 2 July 2017 2017 Championships: Tlemcen, Algeria [3] 400 m: 44.91 A: Busang Kebinatshipi Botswana 29 April 2023 2023 Championships: Ndola, Zambia [4] 800 m: 1:45.25 Ngeno Kipngetich Kenya 20 April 2019 2019 Championships: Abidjan, Ivory Coast [5] 1500 m: 3:35.43 Hillary Maiyo Kenya May 2011 2011 ...
The musical was an international hit, with early productions playing throughout Europe, in South America, Africa and Australia; 100 different productions were mounted in the former West Germany in the first three decades after the musical's premiere, and within five years after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, 23 productions were staged in the ...
This category lists fiddle players from the United States ... African-American fiddlers ... This page was last edited on 7 December 2021, ...
Thompson was born in Orange County, North Carolina on December 9, 1918. [1] His father John, a fiddler, and uncle Walter, a banjo player, performed at local square dances and corn shuckings. [2] At seven years-old, when Thompson took up the fiddle himself, he closely observed his father's techniques which were rooted in old-time African ...