#Balafon

[daily-instruments]

Daily Instrument — Balafon

The balafon is a West African idiophone similar to the xylophone. The main use of the balafon was to play music for kings and ceremonies instead of everyday life. The balafon has 21 wooden keys with gourds as a resonator. The keys are tied with cord to the instrument's bamboo frame. To play the balafon the player strikes the keys with wooden padded mallets.

#balafon #music #instrument #instruments #musical instruments #folk instruments #folk music #Youtube

[nepheskhaim]

𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀: 𝗡𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝘆

#pokemon #original character #grookey #music #pan flute #balafon #artists on tumblr #character art #Pokemon Trainer #Shiny Pokemon #pokemon team #Pokemon Art #Pokemon Fanart #anime #gakuen babysitters #school babysitters #Digital Illustration #trainersona #preschool poketrainer

[carolina-old-line]

TERMINOLOGY

AFRICAN HORN TRUMPET

AKONTING

BALAFON

BANJO

BANJUL

GOURD

GYIL

TAMBIN

KORA

MARIMBA

MBIRA

MUSICAL BOW

SHEKERE

UDU

VALIHA

ZITHER

#terminology #african instruments #african amrican instruments #zither #valiha #udu #shekere #musical bow #mbira #marimba #kora #tambin #gyil #gourd #bottle gourd #akonting #african horn trumpet #balafon #banjo #banjul

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#balafon #balaphone #burkina faso

[tanyapositive]

#balafon #giftideas #artwork #shadesofafricaja

[momaie]

Do Farala a Kan: Something has been added

Do Farala a Kan . Guinea . Mali This film looks in more detail at ideas around what constitutes musical progress. Our guide in the film is Lassana Diabaté, a virtuoso jeli (griot) who comes from a long line of balafon players in Guinea, now living in Bamako. We follow the musical progress of children in two prestigious extended families of jelis, representing two distinctive regional traditions:…

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#balafon #bamabako #griôs #guine #jeli #jeliya #Mali #Ngoni #terreiro de griôs #Youtube

[genelvavirtualstudio-blog]

L'Histoire Du Balafon : Un Héritage Culturel Africain

Le balafon, également connu sous le nom de mendzang au Cameroun, bala ou balani au Mali et au Sénégal, est un instrument de percussion idiophone qui incarne un riche héritage culturel en Afrique. Composé de lames en bois surmontées de résonateurs faits de coques de fruits séchés, cet instrument est un chef-d’œuvre musical assemblé avec soin, reposant sur des pieds et maintenu par des…

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#Balafon #Cameroun #Mali #musique #Sénégal

[soundgrammar]

Listen/purchase: Sou by KADY DIARRA

#Kady Diarra #African music #balafon #Burkina Faso #Bandcamp #music

[psytronix]

Anny Delfman in his famous Oingus Boingus phase

#music #new wave #electronic music #ableton #ableton live #edm #xylophone #balafon

[cifraok]

#Aprendendo instrumentos africanos #Balafon música africana #Cultura africana musical #Djembe africano #Fusão de música africana #História dos instrumentos africanos #Influência africana na música mundial #Instrumentos de percussão africanos #Instrumentos musicais africanos #Instrumentos musicais ancestrais #Kora harpa africana #Mbira piano de polegar #Música tradicional africana #Ritmos africanos tradicionais #Shekere instrumento africano #Talking drum comunicação #Técnicas de tocar africano #Udu tambor de argila

[postcard-from-the-past]

Balafon player from West Africa

French vintage postcard

#tarjeta #player #postkaart #west africa #sepia #africa #historic #photo #postal #briefkaart #photography #vintage #ephemera #ansichtskarte #old #postcard #french #west #postkarte #carte postale #balafon

[burlveneer-music]

GOkU - 11:11 - spiritual jazz popping up all over, here's some from Glasgow

From the mythology of ‘Sun Wokong, to 'Goku, to a flat in Glasgow and then to your ears. Stories inspire. Creativity transpires and reveals. Deepest depths in music. A drifting raft. Meandering, mysterious, melodious freedom. From ‘Spiritual’ Jazz, to night-scenes of the desert. Ethiopian cadence, ceremonial wonderment, Trad & Latin-Brazilian moods, this album possibly as much a melting-pot as you’re likely to hear this year. Organic sounds that resonate with human experiences: exploration, expression, breath. Follow the smoke in the wind. Let the GOkU sound enchant you! ‘GOkU’ is a project from London born, Glasgow based multi-instrumentalist Daniel Ashton. Crossing borders & transcending musical boundaries 2023 style. Daniel Ashton - Electric Guitar / Flute / Vocals / Composer Norman Willmore - Alto Sax / pedals Josef Akin - Keys / Nylon Guitar Finn Rosenbaum - Drums / Percussion Norman Villeroux - Bass India Blue - Trumpet / Vocals Ben Boswell - Trumpet Chief Chebe - Djembe / Balafon Artwork - Rebecca Ashton

#Bandcamp #GOkU #jazz #spiritual jazz #uk #scotland #glasgow #2023 #worm discs

[artistbookings]

Julian - African Instruments

Join Julian for a melodic and rhythmic journey as he voyages through traditional sounds of music from North-Western Africa with a modern influence. The seasoned producer and musician fuses traditional folkloric African music together with contemporary influences and modern production. 

Julian’s journey began with a pursuit to master the craft of African percussion playing and instrument making for which he extensively travelled West Africa in Guinea, Senegal and Morocco, studying with some of Africa’s most respected masters. As a child he was taken under the wing of master drummers and griots. He further honed his craft by training and studying with members of Percussion de Guinea as well as the internationally acclaimed Ballet Africans and the infamous djembe group ‘Bocka Juniors.’ Julian has extensively studied the instrument making traditional instruments such a Kamel N'goni Djembe, Dundunba, Kora, Balafon, Guembri. 

Instrumentation: African Instruments, Drums, N’Goni

Music Genre: Reggae, Dub, Electronica, Jazz

Size: Solo

Buy Music: Spotify

Hire For: Parties, Corporate Functions, Events

Covered by the Artist Bookings 100% reschedule/replace/refund guarantee

#Jazz #Electronica #Dub #Reggae #N’Goni #Drums #African Instruments #Events #Corporate Functions #Parties

[longeyelashedtragedy]

january/february 2023 favs

i didn’t really listen to much in january so i just combined the months (and then forgot to post)

it goes without saying but shakira’s diss track!

how lucky - kurt vile/john prine

lady gaga - bloody mary vs kalwi & remi - explosion (zuzu recommendation)

this has been a HUGE 2 months for me listening to full albums which i don’t usually:

the stone roses self-titled 

fools gold being SUCH a standout

waterfall

also: love spreads

what’s the story morning glory as well (the whole album)

amadou & mariam’s dimanche à bamako (i’m going to see them later this month and i think this is curing my depression)

so many old favs and new...m’bifé

m’bifé balafon (my mom was always playing this balafon group’s recording in our house as a kid, so like...good vibes)

coulibaly

senegal fast food

la fête au village (if i hear this live next month i might cry idk why)

beaux dimanches

la paix

politic amagni/la politique, c'est pas bon

gnidjougouya (u will ascend to a new plane!)

also: mon amour, ma cherie

akullthyesit’s ‘lindja e ujkuta’ album - last year someone had put it on spotify and it sounded like the recordings were cleaned up a little and then it was...gone from spotify in less than a year? so...u have to go back to youtube to listen to your dorky early 90s albanian heavy metal with heavy iron maiden influence and absolutely horrific mixing

pryda - multo to eric prydz - the matrix (whoever makes stuff like this happen is a genius)

she moves on - paul simon (always and forever)

ikin vijnë - i tpame i tvrame 

fire in your eyes - twoface (another zuzu recommendation)

halo (jorn van deynhoven mix) - jorn van deynhoven & temple one -  (i am always listening to this lol)

ta du majmunin - nrg band (required trashy fun)

kangë e shahirav - mc kresha/lyrical son (It’s Back)

#bateman blogging

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Extraction\ : Notre science

　Faut je préfère et de beaucoup la photo de rue j'ai tiré avant de saluer aux chansons et à bien des sottises l'art et le ministère déjà de bonnes bases pour notre science économique montrer ce qu'on ne peut dire requiem av balafon qu'en dis-tu la politique n’est pas la religion.

(idem, 2016)

#texte #Extraction\ :

[tanyapositive]

#balafon #giftideas #blackhistory