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	Build a KORA
		The kora is from west African & is a 21 stringed instrument in the harp family whose neck & body vaguely resembles a big banjo.
		I was going to call this a "kora-like" instrument, but it plays and sounds so much like the African-built instrument that it IS a kora, even if the construction materials and methods might be different.
		Try to make the holes through the tin side to be just a bit under-sized, so that when the rods are forced through to the other side, they will be held tight.
	www.ehhs.cmich.edu /~dhavlena/kora.htm

	African Stringed Instrtuments
		Depending on the gauge of the strings, the kora strings are braided due to the thickness of the strings.
		Music's who are played on the Kora (being the African gourd harp) and the D'jembe (being the now widely used Malian drum) have seemed to enter in many musical genre's ranging from classical, blues, jazz, Latin music, pop, rock, folk E.T.C. have adapted the use of these instruments due to their portability and technical versatility.
		This photo shows the insides of the Kora and how the instrument is supported when being constructed.
	www.museumofworldmusic.com /As.html

	kora -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The peoples of the Senegambia have not produced any significant art, though there were blacksmiths in all societies and a few drum and kora (a complex stringed instrument) makers.
		The sophisticated kora of the Malinke people of West Africa is classified as a harp lute.
		Its strings lie in two parallel ranks, rising on either side of a vertical bridge, which has a notch for each string.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9046051

	Kora
		The Kora is made from a half a gourd calabash with a hardwood post that runs through it to which the strings are attached.
		The Kora player supports the instrument with the 3rd, 4th, and 5th fingers and the notes are played with the thumbs and forefingers of both hands.
		Since each Kora song relies strongly on the vocal line it is easy to discern a piece when it is played instrumentally.
	www.kairarecords.com /kane/korapg1.htm

	Kora Wuthier - harper
		Kora Wuthier was born in Kreuzlingen (Switzerland), where she received an education at the teacher training college.
		Kora Wuthier regularly attends courses by harpists from Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the USA, and is a member of the Scottish Clarsach Society.
		She is teaching the Celtic harp at the Schools of Music in Rorschach, Kreuzlingen and Goldach in Eastern Switzerland and had introduced this instrument to the general public through numerous activities such as concerts, workshops, courses, lectures and newspaper articles.
	www.harp.net /kora/kora.htm

	Kora - the instrument
		The Kora has a big hemispherical body, a long neck and two planes with 11 and 10 strings running in notches at the sides of an upright mounted bridge.
		The Kora is a Westafrican harp of the family of bridge harps or harp-lutes.
		The Kora was mentioned 1799 for the first time in literature by Mungo Park in Travels in the interior districts of West Africa as korri.
	www.coolmaps.at /korajaliya/e/kora.htm

	Kora_Hermes_DAC
		Typically, a somewhat lean, dry sound is advantageous in resolving the complex waveforms of this percussive musical instrument, so one might expect the EAD to better the warmer Kora with piano music.
		The Kora was such a spectacular performer that we had it pegged within the first few minutes, and our views remained unchanged during its tenure.
		Wonderfully dynamic, the Kora was fantastically exciting in the full orchestra sections, but the waltzes should ooze with sweetness, and I missed just a bit of this.
	www.positive-feedback.com /ambackissues/KoraHermesDAC.htm

	Scales and Tunings
		This is the assignment of the 21 Kora strings to the keyboard.
		African Kora Fola (Kora players) normally are not concerned with absolute pitches, this question arises only when they play together with keyboards or other Western tuned instruments.
		However, younger Kora Fola tend to play in bands together with Western instruments where they need to tune to them.
	www.coolmaps.at /korajaliya/e/skalen.htm

	String instrument - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Instruments such as the guitar and kora are plucked, either by a finger or thumb, or by some other device such as a plectrum.
		Other string instruments with a keyboard include the clavichord (where the strings are struck by tangents), and the harpsichord (where the strings are plucked by tiny plectra).
		Some string instruments have keyboards attached which are manipulated by the player, meaning she does not have to pay attention to the strings directly.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/String_instrument

	String instrument - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Instruments such as the guitar and kora are plucked, either by a finger or thumb, or by some other device such as a plectrum.
		Other string instruments with a keyboard include the clavichord (where the strings are struck by tangents), and the harpsichord (where the strings are plucked by tiny plectra).
		Some string instruments have keyboards attached which are manipulated by the player, meaning she does not have to pay attention to the strings directly.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/String_instrument

	String instrument - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Instruments such as the guitar and kora are plucked, either by a finger or thumb, or by some other device such as a plectrum.
		By far the most well-known instrument to use this method is the piano, where the hammers are controlled by a mechanical action; another example is the hammered dulcimer, where the player herself wields the hammers.
		Other string instruments with a keyboard include the clavichord (where the strings are struck by tangents), and the harpsichord (where the strings are plucked by tiny plectra).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/String_instrument

	String instrument - free-definition
		Instruments such as the guitar and kora are plucked, either by a finger or thumb, or by some other device such as a plectrum.
		Some string instruments have keyboards attached which are manipulated by the player, meaning she does not have to pay attention to the strings directly.
		Other string instruments with a keyboard include the clavichord (where the strings are struck by tangents), and the harpsichord (where the strings are plucked by tiny plectra).
	www.free-definition.com /String-instrument.html

	Wikinfo String instrument
		There are two common ways of bringing this about: instruments such as the guitar and kora are plucked, either by a finger or thumb, or by some other device such as a plectrum; while instruments like the cello and rebec are usually played by drawing a bow across the strings.
		Instruments which are normally bowed such as the violin, etc, must be bowed perpendicularly to the string, usually at a point half way between the end of the fingerboard and the bridge.
		Other string instruments with a keyboard include the clavichord (where the strings are struck by tangents), and the harpsichord (where the strings are plucked by quills).
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=String_instrument (667 words)

	Guitar Building: Acoustic Guitar Building, Electric Guitar Making, Guitar Repair, Violin Making, Dulcimer Making, Mandolin Building, Drum Making!
		Dennis Havlena has instructions for building lots of low-cost instruments including hurdy-hurdy, kora, kalimba, tin whistle, banjo, bagpipe, etc., with photographs of some completed ones.
		The Museum of Musical Instruments website includes an interactive virtual exhibition of Dangerous Curves: Art of the Guitar, a terrific exhibition that was displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, from November 5, 2000 through February 25, 2001; Bound For Glory: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie; and more.
		There are instructional pages on several bowed and plucked instruments, gourd instruments, whistles and flutes including a slide-whistle, noisemakers, a string drum (accompanied by a longer article and more extensive instructions and plans), reed instruments and instructions on reed-making, drums, and some bagpipes and chanters.
	www.mimf.com /link.htm (8368 words)

	Amazon.com: Djelika: Music
		This album brings together three traditional Mali instruments; the kora (harp-lute), the balafon, a type of marimba or xylophone and the ngoni--a mandolin-like instrument with a flexible neck.
		Malian kora virtuoso Toumani Diabate, a collaborator in the Songhai and Kulanjan projects as well as the New Ancient Strings album, might just be the best player in the world on his 21-string, harplike instrument.
		The three virtuosi on this album are the kora master Toumani Diabate, Keletigui Diabete on balafon and Basekou Kouyate on the ngoni.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000062F?v=glance (1572 words)

	Koras
		Though the origins of the kora can be traced back to around the thirteenth century, the instrument as we find it today dates back to the late eighteenth century.
		The Kora is a plucked harp-lute with a large calabash (gourd) body, a cow hide sound 'board', and twenty-one nylon strings.
		Koras arbejder sammen i et netv??????rk af virksomheder, der arbejder med kommunikation med hver deres speciale.
	www.koramusic.com /1/koras.html (925 words)

	Rykodisc Catalog - New Ancient Strings (Nouvelles Cordes Anciennes) - Toumani Diabate
		Inspired by the legendary recording Cordes Anciennes (Ancient Strings) by the great kora masters, Sidiki Diabate (Toumani's father) and Djelimadi Sissoko (Ballake's father) New Ancient Strings is unlike any other album of African music: no added effects, instruments or vocals, just flowing, virtuoso kora at its finest, and most lyrical.
		In 1987 (then just 21 years old), Toumani broke into the international concert scene with his highly acclaimed album Kaira (HNCD 1323), still the best-selling kora album, and one of the few that features the instrument on its own, without voices or other instruments.
		Toumani Diabate is undoubtedly the most brilliant and best known exponent of the kora from Mali.
	www.rykodisc.com /Catalog/dump/rykoalbums_863.asp (925 words)

	La musique en Gambie
		Yan Kuba: kora music from Gambia The kora is the best known and most beautiful string instrument from West Africa, and dates back many centuries to the royal courts.
		Yan Kuba: Kora Music From Gambia - Yan Kuba Saho......Notes Reviews Yan Kuba: Kora Music From Gambia, Yan Kuba Saho...
		...Amazon Music / Sheet Music Gambia Rock Roll Legends......Instruments subcategories: medical music navigational scientific writing...
	www.africa-onweb.com /culture/musique/pays/gambie (925 words)

	Toumani Diabate - Melbourne
		Toumani was born in 1965 in Bamako into a great kora playing family and began his mastery of the instrument at the age of 4.
		In 1987 (then just 21 years old), Toumani broke into the international concert scene with his highly acclaimed album Kaira, still the best-selling kora album, and one of the few that features the instrument solo.
		Toumani Diabate, still only in his mid 30s, is one of Africa's most gifted musicians and successful musical exports.
	www.oncueonline.com.au /oncue/archive/melbourne/toumani (925 words)

	Jazz Bulletin Board - music from Africa
		Also, someone mentioned the Kora, string-instrument from the Mande areas of West Africa, go out at ONCE and buy 'New Ancient Strings' by Toumani Diabater, I gurantee you'll be hooked form the start.
		January 16th, 2005 01:45 PM The Kora is a beautiful string instrument from Africa, there are nice cd's with it.
		January 17th, 2005 07:28 AM If you're into traditional Djembe Music from Guinea, Senegal, Mali and other parts of West Africa the easiest stuff to find is that of Mamadi Keita or Famadou Konate.
	forums.allaboutjazz.com /printthread.php?t=7732 (1095 words)

	music from Africa - Jazz Bulletin Board
		Also, someone mentioned the Kora, string-instrument from the Mande areas of West Africa, go out at ONCE and buy 'New Ancient Strings' by Toumani Diabater, I gurantee you'll be hooked form the start.
		The Kora is a beautiful string instrument from Africa, there are nice cd's with it.
		If you're into traditional Djembe Music from Guinea, Senegal, Mali and other parts of West Africa the easiest stuff to find is that of Mamadi Keita or Famadou Konate.
	forums.allaboutjazz.com /showthread.php?t=7732 (1107 words)

	ngoni
		The kora music all comes from the jeli heartland of The Gambia, Senegal, Guinea and Mali, while Michael's selections of balafon music reflect the broader geographic distribution of this instrument within Africa.
		This list contains a heavy dose of jeli kora music, a selection of balafon music from a variety of musical traditions throughout Africa, a pair of ngoni recordings and a surprise pick.
		Since there are so many kora recordings on this list, I was hard pressed to come up with distinctive things to say about each of them.
	tcd.freehosting.net /djembemande/ngoni.html (1107 words)

	Xalam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It most often acts as a solo or duo instrument to accompany praise songs and historical recitations, and in some areas it may form part of a larger group including kora, drums, and calebashes.
		The strings of the xalam are typically made of two or three tighly wound strands of low-gauge nylon fishing line; these strings are fixed to the instrument's wooden neck by long and narrow leather strips and to its wooden bridge by cotton strings.
		The xalam is thought to have originated from modern-day Mali, but some believe that, in antiquity, the instrument may have originated from ancient Egypt.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ngoni (648 words)

	Buy cheap : Toumani Diabate - Djelika
		Malian kora virtuoso Toumani Diabate, a collaborator in the Songhai and Kulanjan projects as well as the New Ancient Strings album, might just be the best player in the world on his 21-string, harplike instrument.
		Toumani is indeed one of the best kora players on the planet but still I don't feel that he compares favorably to, say, Guinean master Djeli Moussa Diawara.
		The three virtuosi on this album are the kora master Toumani Diabate, Keletigui Diabete on balafon and Basekou Kouyate on the ngoni.
	www.maringelectronicshoppe.com /buy/toumani-diabate-djelika/B00000062F (648 words)

	Frank Bessem's Musiques d'Afrique: Toumani Diabaté
		At age of 21, he recorded a much acclaimed album Kaira, where he mixed the sound of this ancient 21 string instrument with nowadays textures, without any other instrument or studio mixing nor dubbing, just himself, the instrument and the microphone...
		oumani Diabate is an extremely talented kora player of the younger generation.
		His album New Ancient Strings (nouvelles cordes anciennes) is a re-interpretation of the album cordes anciennes, recorded in 1970 by Sidiki Diabate (Toumani's father) and Djelimadi Sissoko (Ballake's father).
	www.geocities.com /fbessem/frames/art_toum.html (648 words)

	010.htm
		I play the kora - the instrument that I'm holding here.
		Other jeli play the balafon, an instrument like the xylophone, or the xalam, an instrument like the guitar.
		Once jeli acted as advisors, confidants and praise-singers for nable families.
	www.nhm.org /africa/tour/unit001/010.htm (648 words)

	exam2keyterms.html
		-N'Faly Kouyate (kora master, jeli, former director of National Troupe of Guinea), Mouossa Sissokho (percussion, incl.
		Which is credited as the "original" instrument of the jeli?
		composed by Sidiki Diabate, great jeli and kora master and father of Toumani Diabate, the lead kora player on this recording
	muh2051-01.su03.fsu.edu /exam2keyterms.html (648 words)

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