- The
balafon (pronounced /ˈbæləfɒn/, or, by
analogy with
xylophone etc., /ˈbæləfoʊn/) is a gourd-resonated xylophone, a type of
struck idiophone. It is...
- be used generally, to
include all such
instruments such as the marimba,
balafon and even the semantron. However, in the orchestra, the term
xylophone refers...
-
African religion.
According to Fyle,
Soumaoro was the
inventor of the
balafon and the dan (a four-string
guitar used by the
hunters and griots). After...
- koras,
frappez les
balafons" (Wolof: Yëngalleen
kooraa yi, te jiin ndënd yi; English: "Everyone
strum your koras,
strike the
balafons") is the national...
- "percussionist" but the
terms listed below often describe specialties: Balafonist: a
balafon player. Bombisto: a
bombo legüero player. Bongocero:
someone who plays...
- drummers. The
balafon is an
instrument similar to the
xylophone in
Western countries. A
member of the
idiophone family of instruments, the
balafon is used by...
- arrowhead. In the Epic of Sundiata,
Soumaoro Kanté is
described as
owning a
balafon with
magical powers,
which is
stolen by
Sundiata Keita's djeli, Balaf****eke...
- "Ngoso"
which has
evolved into a kind of
modern music accompanied by zanza,
balafon, and
various percussion instruments.
Music for the Lela
celebration Wax...
- Gregory, Hugh. 1000
Great Guitarists: Rock, Jazz, Country, Funk ...,
Balafon Books, 1994. la Blanc,
Michael (ed.).
Contemporary musicians, Vol. 5, Gale...
- it is also
similar to
instruments that
exist in West
Africa such as the
balafon of the
Mandinka people,
known as gyil
among the Gur
peoples in and around...
