- 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...
-
incipit "Pincez tous vos koras,
frappez les
balafons" (English: "Everyone
strum your koras,
strike the
balafons") is the
national anthem of Senegal. It was...
-
Mamadou Diabaté (born 1973) is a
Burkinabe musician mostly known for his
balafon playing. He
lives in Vienna,
Austria and has
toured internationally with...
- in
African Guitar Summit. In
addition to the guitar, he also
plays the
balafon and the djembe. His
backup band,
since 1992, is
called Baffing. He produced...
-
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...
- 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...
- objects. Just one
example of a
musical instrument is the West
African Balafon, a
xylophone that has
gourds attached to the
bottom of each note for resonance...
- 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...
- are
mixing their music with
their Traditional instruments like junjung,
Balafon,
Djembe etc...
According to the
development of the
country some rapper...
