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  2. Kora (instrument) - Wikipedia

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    Kora sheet music (fragment of the score of One Thousand Sources, for solo kora, by Jacques Burtin). As part of the oral tradition of West Africa, music for the kora was not written until the 20th century. Ethnomusicologists were the only ones to record some traditional airs in the normal grand staff method, using the G clef and the F clef.

  3. New Ancient Strings - Wikipedia

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    The kora is a 21-string instrument of West African music, similar to the harp or lute, with origins in the 13th-century during the Mali Empire. A kora was historically played only by a jeli (plural jeliw )—also known as a griot [ b ] —a member of a hereditary class of musicians and storytellers responsible for conveying cultural history ...

  4. Music of West Africa - Wikipedia

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    The music of West Africa has a significant history, and its varied sounds reflect the wide range of influences from the area's regions and historical periods. Traditional West African music varies due to the regional separation of West Africa, yet it can be distinguished by two distinct categories: Islamic music and indigenous secular music.

  5. Bai Konte - Wikipedia

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    African Arts Magazine published Susan Pevar's recounting of the kora making process, and Sing Out! magazine published her article discussing the kora and its music, complete with a acetate recording of a Bai Konte performance. All of these educational materials, combined with multiple regional and national Television and radio feature programs ...

  6. Music of Burkina Faso - Wikipedia

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    Wooden horn of the Samo people. The music of Burkina Faso includes the folk music of 60 different ethnic groups.The Mossi people, centrally located around the capital, Ouagadougou, account for 40% of the population while, to the south, Gurunsi, Gurma, Dagaaba and Lobi populations, speaking Gur languages closely related to the Mossi language, extend into the coastal states.

  7. Djeli Moussa Diawara - Wikipedia

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    The album, which was recorded in single day in Santa Cruz, combined the styles of West African music and Hawaiian music. [2] The album received good reviews. Since then, he founded Kora Jazz Trio, joined by Abdoulaye Diabaté (sénégal) (piano) and Moussa Cissoko (drums). Djeli Moussa composed most of the tracks, particularly those on which he ...

  8. Mamadou Sidiki Diabaté - Wikipedia

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    The kora, arguably the most complex chordophone in African music, is a 21-stringed bridge-harp from West Africa. Madou, tutored by his father, began playing an eight-stringed kora at the age of three. From ages three to six, Madou accompanied his parents at weddings and baptisms, among other ceremonies.

  9. Sona Jobarteh - Wikipedia

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    Sona Jobarteh (born 1983 [1]) is a Gambian multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer.She is from one of the five principal kora-playing griot families of West Africa, and is the first female professional kora player [1] [2] to come from a griot family.

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