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Music 80Q: Survey of African Music

Musical Instruments of Africa


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*     ARCHED HARP, ngombi

<http://www.eyeneer.com/World/Af/Instruments/arched.harp.html>  =

(Central

African Republic)=20

 

*     DOUBLE PIT XYLOPHONE, doso

<http://www.eyeneer.com/World/Af/Instruments/doublepit.xylophone.html>

(Benin)=20

 

*     HARP-LUTE, soron

<http://www.eyeneer.com/World/Af/Instruments/harp.lute.html>  (Guinea)=20

 

*     LAMELLOPHONE, sanza

<http://www.eyeneer.com/World/Af/Instruments/lamell.html>  (Central =

African

Republic)=20

 

*     LUTE, keleli

<http://www.eyeneer.com/World/Af/Instruments/lute.chad.html>  (Chad)=20

 

*     MUSICAL BOW, mbela

<http://www.eyeneer.com/World/Af/Instruments/musicbow.html>  (Central

African Republic)=20

 

*     WOODEN SLIT-DRUM, linga

<http://www.eyeneer.com/World/Af/Instruments/slitdrum.html>  (Central

African Republic)=20

 

*     WOODEN TRUMPET

<http://www.eyeneer.com/World/Af/Instruments/wood.trumpet.html>  =

(Central

African Republic)=20

 

 Rhythm Fusion’s African Instruments:

Dof - Egyptian, Frame drum made with wood and Goatskin.

Bongos - Morrocan, skinned ceramic drums.

Bendir- Morrocan, frame drum with painted shell.

Zils - Morrocan, finger cymbals.

Caxixi - Ivory Coast, woven rattle with beads.

Seed Cluster - Togo, dried seed pods strung together

Oud -  Egyptian, rounded cordaphone with bent neck.

Ney - Egyptian, long wooden whistle with keys at bottom.

Oja Whistle - Mali, flat wooden whistle with carved keys.

Mizmar - Egyptian aerophone.

Monkey Drum - Kenya, twist drum made with two strikers on strings attached to the side of a skin..

Talking Drum - Ghana, Brass plated with nickel.

Doumbek - Egyptian, aluminum drum with baked finish

Dhola - Egyptian, skinned wooden drum.

Djembe - Ghana, wooden drum with skin.

Riq - Egyptian, inlaid wood tambourine made with goatskin.

Riq - Egyptian, tambourine made of inlaid wood with heavy brass jingles and fish skin

Mini-duka - Egyptian, wood drum made with skin.

Darbuka - Egyptian, aluminum drum with a baked finish.

Tareyja - Morroccan, Ceramic drum with brass additions.

 


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Living Encyclopedia of Global African Music
Received 05/28/2003
Posted 05/29/2003