Xylophone Music in Africa
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Video: Bobobo (play play play) music performed at an Ewe funeral in Ketu, Volta Region.
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Video: Belendi Saanti performing his composition Den Den Chene (Straight to the Point), in Vondiel.
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Photo: Birifor pit xylophone in Tuna, Northern Region.
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Photo: Hausa musician playing a xylophone in Cameroon circa 1914. Private collection, used with permission.
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Photo: Hans Holbein's Dance of Death (1523), one of the earliest European depictions of a xylophone.
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Photo: Xylophone ensemble from Cameroon circa 1914. Private collection, used with permission.
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Photo: Bɔgyil ensemble with gaŋgaa and kuur (out of frame) in Saru, Northern Region.
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Video: Bɔgyil ensemble in Donyɛ, featuring several members of the Vuur family.
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Photo: Vuur Sandaar applying a mirliton to a kogyil in his workshop in Donyɛ.
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Audio: Approximate Western tunings of C and G fifteen key kogyile, and of kogyile made by Tijaan Dorwana and Vuur Sandaar.
Trans: Approximate Western tunings of C and G fifteen key kogyile, and of kogyile made by Tijaan Dorwana and Vuur Sandaar.
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Averaged Tuning of the Birifor kogyil compiled by Larry Godsey (1980).
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J.H. Kwabena Nketia saying a eulogy for Kakraba Lobi at Kawo Kudi park in Accra.
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Photo: The typical grip of Birifor xylophonists.
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Reenactment of the Hunt at the 2009 Kobine festival in Lawra.
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Photo: Bewaa group performing at the Kobine festival in Lawra, Upper West Region.
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Photo: Detail of the Dagara kuor calabash drum, Lawra.
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Photo: Detail of Birifor instruments, (clockwise) kogyil, gaŋgaa, lar, and kuur.
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Audio: Audio of gaŋgaa, lar, and kuur variations.
Trans: Transcription of gaŋgaa, lar, and kuur variations.
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Audio: Ganda Yina as a programed arrangement.
Trans: Score of Ganda Yina.
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Audio: Saan Fo Dan Tara Ferai as a programed arrangement.
Trans: Excerpt of Saan Fo Dan Tara Ferai.
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Audio: Saan Yi Kyena Dakpolo as a programed arrangement.
Trans: Excerpt of Saan Yi Kyena Dakpolo.
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Photo: Detail of modern (top) and traditional (bottom) Birifor xylophone mallets.
