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Type of wooden xylophone originating in Mali
The balafon (pronounced /ˈbæləfɒn/, or, by analogy with xylophone etc., /ˈbæləfoʊn/) is a gourd-resonated xylophone, a type of struck idiophone. It is
Balafon
National anthem of Senegal
koras, frappez les balafons" (Wolof: Yëngalleen kooraa yi, te jiin ndënd yi; English: "Everyone strum your koras, strike the balafons") is the national
Le_Lion_rouge
Wooden keyboard percussion instrument
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
Xylophone
Musical artist
Mamadou Diabaté (born 1973) is a Burkinabe musician mostly known for his balafon playing. He lives in Vienna, Austria and has toured internationally with
Mamadou Diabaté (Burkinabe musician)
Mamadou_Diabaté_(Burkinabe_musician)
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
Music_of_West_Africa
King of the Sosso people
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, Balafasseke
Soumaoro_Kanté
Founder and first ruler of the Mali Empire
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
Sundiata_Keita
West African musician
Traoré, a musician based in Mali, West Africa. Neba Solo plays a kind of balafon, a marimba with wooden keys mounted on a wooden frame and attached to resonating
Neba_Solo
Type of musical instrument that produces a sound by being hit
"percussionist" but the terms listed below often describe specialties: Balafonist: a balafon player. Bombisto: a bombo legüero player. Bongocero: someone who plays
Percussion_instrument
American rock musician (born 1964)
Gregory, Hugh. 1000 Great Guitarists: Rock, Jazz, Country, Funk ..., Balafon Books, 1994. la Blanc, Michael (ed.). Contemporary musicians, Vol. 5, Gale
Lenny_Kravitz
Country in Central Africa
combinations are more linked to specific ethnic groups: the Sara prefer whistles, balafons, harps and kodjo drums; and the Kanembu combine the sounds of drums with
Chad
Slovenian musical group
chimes, balafon), Ana Kravanja (violin, viola, ribab, kalimba, bendir, balafon) and Samo Kutin (ukulele, kalimba, tamburica, harps, balafon, sound objects)
Širom
Culture preserved through speech or song
with a musical instrument, as the Epic of Sundiata is accompanied by the balafon, or as the kora accompanies other traditions. In modern times, some griots
Oral_tradition
Type of fruit
in 2013. 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
Gourd
Malian musician (1931–2012)
2012) was a Malian musician, described as an "undisputed master" of the balafon, and as "one of the greatest figures in Malian contemporary music". Diabaté
Kélétigui_Diabaté
instruments The underside of SK Kakraba the Gyile Instrument The gyile keys Balafon Stone, Ruth M. (2010). The Garland Handbook of African Music. Routledge
Gyile
"Ngoso" which has evolved into a kind of modern music accompanied by zanza, balafon, and various percussion instruments. Music for the Lela celebration Wax
Music_of_Cameroon
Country in West Africa
Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, in June 1977. The musicians performed on the koru, hallam, and balafon.
The_Gambia
Musical instrument consisting of a collection of percussion instruments
Geoff (1997). The Drum Book: The History of the Rock Drum Kit. London: Balafon Books. pp. 8–12. ISBN 0879304766. Pinksterboer, Hugo (1992). The Cymbal
Drum_kit
Cameroonian singer (born 1989)
numerous awards, including Song of the Year and Best Female Vocal at the Balafon Music Awards in 2017. In 2017, she embarked on her first African tour,
Daphne_(singer)
Wooden keyboard percussion instrument
it is also similar to instruments that exist in West Africa such as the balafon of the Mandinka people, known as gyil among the Gur peoples in and around
Marimba
Country in Central Africa
and harp performance. Traditional instruments include the ngombi harp, balafon, drums, rattles, horns and a variety of stringed instruments. Regional
Gabon
Music genre in which the synthesizer is the main instrument
Pearson Prentice Hall Trynka, Paul; Bacon, Tony, eds. (1996). Rock Hardware. Balafon Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-428-7. Synth-pop at Wikipedia's sister projects
Synth-pop
Congolese musician (born 1949)
Belinga (saxophone), and Jerry Manga (trumpet). Produced by Productions Balafon and distributed by WEA West Africa (Warner–Elektra–Atlantic), Africa Now
Souzy_Kasseya
Species of bottle gourd plant
send them to the next life. They also serve as resonators underneath the balafon (West African marimba). The calabash is also used in making the shegureh
Calabash
Malian musician (born 1958)
supergroup of West African musicians, which included Kélétigui Diabaté on balafon. Coming from a noble lineage of Khassonké griots, Koité is known for developing
Habib_Koité
Musical artist
join the Afro Celt Sound System providing vocals, playing the kora, and balafon, collaborating with the others in the band to compose songs that blended
N'Faly_Kouyate
Burkina Faso musician
griot from Burkina Faso. He is best known for his appearance (studying balafon at age 4) in the Taali Laafi Rosselini documentary film Great Great Great
Dramane_Koné
Music genre from Cameroon
strip of foam rubber to produce the music's characteristic balafon-like thunk. (The balafon is a marimba-like instrument that is widely used in African
Bikutsi
are mixing their music with their Traditional instruments like junjung, Balafon, Djembe etc... According to the development of the country some rapper
Music_of_the_Gambia
Ivorian musician
and Tunisian musicians, who accompany her with the guitar, sanza, the balafon, the calebasse and bongos. Due to the civil war, she moved to France in
Dobet_Gnahoré
Cameroonian singer
"Akubai – Tchapeusi (Le jour du jugement) Lyrics | Kamerlyrics". kamerlyrics.net. Retrieved 2023-08-22. "2021 Balafon music awards nominés". boomplay.com.
AkuBai
slit drum idiophones 111.24 Africa Asia unpitched percussion slit drum Balafon idiophones 111.212 Africa pitched percussion keyboard Batá drum idiophones
List_of_musical_instruments
1971 studio album by Pharoah Sanders
tracks. Sanders plays tenor and soprano saxophones, alto flute, koto, balafon, various percussion instruments, and a cow horn on the album. Thembi was
Thembi
Musical artist
ShowBook (in French). 2021-10-30. Retrieved 2021-11-02. "Balafon Music Awards — BMA". Balafon Music Awards (in French). Retrieved 2026-03-06. Media related
Mimie
Ethnic group in the Sahel and West Africa
the region such as the beautiful West African harp, the kora, and the balafon. Entertainment is the role of certain casts. The performance of music is
Fula_people
Bissau-Guinean musician
interest in music started at the age of three when he started playing the balafon, the African xylophone, quickly learning other traditional instruments
Kimi_Djabaté
Capital and largest city of the Central African Republic
stools, pottery, musical instruments, tanned skins, and wood products. The balafon, similar to a xylophone, is made out of the horns of animals. Innovative
Bangui
Spherical hand drum used in West Africa
sizes, some quite large. The instrument is often used to accompany the balafon. The bara has been used in the music of the Malian musicians Yaya Diallo
Bara_(drum)
Cameroonian singer (born 1990)
stations in and out of Cameroon. In 2016, he received three awards at the Balafon Music Awards 2016 edition in Song of the Year, Revelation of the Year,
Mr._Leo
Malian musical group
constituted of three members: Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté (vocals), Lassana Diabaté (balafon) and Mamadou Kouyaté (ngoni). Hawa is the daughter of a griot Kassé Mady
Trio_Da_Kali
Traditional West African guitar
America after enslaved Mandé were brought there. Battuta also reported the balafon. A book written by English musician Ramon Goose about the ngoni describes
Ngoni_(instrument)
1969 studio album by Archie Shepp
Murray – drums, percussions Art Taylor – rhythm logs Laurence Devereaux – balafon Archie Shepp, Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone, vocal Dave Burrell – piano
Yasmina,_a_Black_Woman
1994 studio album by David Byrne
David Byrne – vocals, guitar, synthesizer (1), clavinet (10), bells (2), balafon (2), lap steel guitar (4) Mark Edwards – drones Bebel Gilberto – background
David_Byrne_(album)
Musical artist
Jawara) was born to a Griot family in Kankan, Guinea. His father was a balafon player, and his mother a singer. His half-brother, sharing the same mother
Djeli_Moussa_Diawara
Storyteller, singer, or musician of oral tradition in West Africa
families. Males are often associated with instruments such as the kora, balafon, or ngoni, while females are often restricted to vocal performance and
Griot
Percussion instrument
Geoff (1997). The Drum Book: The History of the Rock Drum Kit. London: Balafon Books. pp. 8–12. ISBN 0879304766. Fleet & Winter 2014, p. 294. "Audio Graffiti:
Hi-hat
seeds, leaves and fruits. Cultural practices and expressions linked to Balafon and Kolintang in Mali, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire and Indonesia + 2024
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage elements in Indonesia
List_of_Intangible_Cultural_Heritage_elements_in_Indonesia
Cameroonian singer and rapper
Kang Quintus Films, retrieved 16 February 2025 "Winners at the just Ended Balafon Music Awards". Critiqsite. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2022. "CMEA
Kocee
Broad category of electronic music
Bloomsbury Academic Trynka, Paul; Bacon, Tony, eds. (1996). Rock Hardware. Balafon Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-428-7. Hewitt, Michael. Music Theory for Computer
Electronic_dance_music
Musical artist
sings jazz standards and composes original works on piano, kamalen n'goni, balafon, and percussion. Heather produces and hosts the radio and TV program Music
Heather_Maxwell
Western Mande language of Burkina Faso
complex speech replacement system, which is implemented on the Sambla balafon, where the words of the Sambla language are translated into music, similar
Sembla_language
Senegalese singer and guitarist (born 1953)
of the kora and the ngoni are different from the talking drum and the balafon, or the sabar and the djembe. The kora and ngoni are closer to human beings
Baaba_Maal
Malian band formed in 1970
African and western drums, and local instruments such as the kora and the balafon. At their height of fame in the 1970s, the Rail Band played to sold-out
Rail_Band
Cameroonian singer, songwriter and producer
nominations including the TRACE Awards, AFRIMMA, Canal d'Or Awards and Balafon Music Awards. Diyani Bill Munyenge (PhillBill) was born in Buea, Cameroon
PhillBill
2001 studio album by Afro Celt Sound System
programming, "front of house" live sound N'Faly Kouyate – vocals, kora, balafon (3–12) Johnny Kalsi – dhol drums, tabla, "Kalsi kit" (1–11) Emer Mayock
Volume_3:_Further_in_Time
Cameroonian record label
male artist Won 2014 Dynastie le tigre Ya'Fe Festival Best performer Won Balafon Music Awards Best rookie of the year Won KR Awards Best male rookie of
Hope_Music_Group
Type of percussion instrument
over a hollowed gourd. It is used by the Gur where it accompanies the balafon. Bāyāñ India This is the lower-pitched drum in a set of tabla. A type of
Kettledrum
French jazz musician (1910–1953)
Django Reinhardt. In Alexander, Charles (ed.): Masters of Jazz Guitar. Balafon Books. ISBN 1-871547-85-7 Jorgenson, John (2004). Intro to Gypsy Jazz Guitar
Django_Reinhardt
Kora players from West Africa
added. On the album Jaliology the duo is joined by Mawdo Suso playing balafon, a traditional rosewood instrument resembling a xylophone. Konte lived
Dembo_Konte_and_Kausu_Kuyateh
instruments include the ngoni, a distant relative of the banjo, and the balafon. Famous balafon players include El Hadj Djeli Sory Kouyaté and, early in his career
Music_of_Guinea
2014 classical recording
Sala – imzad Jeff Wootton – guitar Kalifa Koné – balafon Modibo Diawara – kora Mémé Koné – balafon Nick Zinner – guitar Olugbenga – vocals Clark 2015;
Africa Express Presents... Terry Riley's In C Mali
Africa_Express_Presents..._Terry_Riley's_In_C_Mali
1990 compilation album by various artists
– guitar, engineer Souleymane Doumbia – percussion Kélétigui Diabaté – balafon Andre Soulies & Patrick Fremeaux – management & coordination Recorded at
Red_Hot_+_Blue
Musical artist
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
Alpha_Yaya_Diallo
Cameroonian singer-songwriter (born 2001)
StarNews show by Orange Orange Cameroon artist competition Sabrina Won 2022 Balafon Music Awards Espoir Trace de l’année by Mutzig Sabrina (Maman papa Ft.
Sabrina_(Cameroonian_singer)
American guitarist and singer (1951–1997)
sources Gregory, Hugh. 1000 Great Guitarists. Rock, Jazz, Country, Funk ..., Balafon Books, 1994. Larkin, Colin. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 3rd edition
Randy_California
American jazz musician (1946–2015)
American free jazz musician. In addition to trap drums, Cooper played balafon, chirimia and various electronic instruments, and referred to himself as
Jerome_Cooper
Sibo Bangoura. Bangoura learnt to play percussion instruments: djembe and balafon. He relocated to France in 1984 and then to New York City in the early
Epizo Bangoura and African Express
Epizo_Bangoura_and_African_Express
English guitarist (born 1947)
Bacon (Photography: Miki Slingsby). First British Edition published by Balafon 1994 (ISBN 978-1-871547-64-1). A book detailing with photographs Steve
Steve_Howe
British jazz guitarist
In Alexander, Charles (ed.). Masters of Jazz Guitar (1st British ed.). Balafon. p. 166. ISBN 0-87930-592-4. Flynn, Mike. "Dave Cliff - Guitar". www.jazzwisemagazine
Dave_Cliff
Topics referred to by the same term
party trend and EDM genre Hemioniscus balani, a crustacean Balani, a small balafon Bălani, a village in Stănești, Gorj, Romania Bālānī, an alternative name
Balani
Region of Cameroon
Player Tam-tam group players Bamileke cowbells Balafon Another balafon Tam-tam Sanza Sanza Balafon Balafon "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data
West_Region_(Cameroon)
Malian player of the kora (born 1968)
1999. In 2000, he formed the trio Mande Tabolo with a ngoni player and a balafon player. His 2005 album, Tomora, features Toumani Diabaté on kora, singers
Ballaké_Sissoko
classified by the manner of playing as well as the bridge structure) balafon (slat xylophone with small gourd resonators) n'goni (4-7 string lute) dununba
Music_of_Mali
Mande-speaking ethnic group
Susu/Sosso ߛߐߛߐߞߊ Susu men with a membrane drum and a balafon in 1935 Total population c. 3 million Regions with significant populations Guinea 2,730
Susu_people
Subculture in England
Religion, Omnibus Press (2014), ISBN 978-1780385495 Bacon, Tony. London Live, Balafon (1999), ISBN 1-871547-80-6 Baker, Howard. Sawdust Caesar Mainstream (1999)
Mod_(subculture)
Unfinished studio album by the Beach Boys
ISBN 978-1-85242-595-1. Trynka, Paul; Bacon, Tony (1996). Rock Hardware. Balafon Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-428-7. White, Timothy (1996). The Nearest Faraway
Smile_(The_Beach_Boys_album)
Cameroonian singer
broadcast on the channel Vox Africa in 2016. At the 2018 edition of the Balafon Music Awards, she received two awards, namely Female Voice of the Year
Charlotte_Dipanda
American musical instrument manufacturer
ISBN 978-0-87930-974-9. Bacon, Tony (2000). 50 Years of Fender. London: Balafon. p. 16. ISBN 0879306211. Daryl Robertson (May 24, 2023). "Best guitar brands
Fender_(company)
Ghanaian musician
instruments to various parts of his body and simultaneously plays drums, a balafon, and many other instruments. He uses as many as 85 instruments in one performance
Okyerema_Asante
Electric guitar
Bacon, Tony (2000). 50 years of Fender (1st British ed.). London, England: Balafon. pp. 110–111. ISBN 0879306211. Adams, Kevin Shea (July 11, 2013). "Unknown
Fender_Jag-Stang
1984 studio album by Herbie Hancock
TR-808 (5) Foday Musa Suso – assorted percussion (2, 6), dusunguni (2, 4), balafon (2), kora (4, 6), kalimba (4), guitar (6) Hamid Drake – cymbals (3) Wayne
Sound-System_(album)
1973 studio album by Herbie Hancock
Harvey Mason – drums; arrangement on "Watermelon Man" Bill Summers – agogô, balafon, cabasa, congas, gankogui, log drum, shekere, surdo, tambourine; beer bottle
Head_Hunters
French DJ (born 1969)
musicians, the album features traditional Malian instruments such as kora, balafon and ngoni, that mingle with electric guitars, pianos, saxophones and electronic
St_Germain_(musician)
1967 single by Cream
Welch, Chris (2000). Cream: The Legendary Sixties Supergroup. London: Balafon Books. p. 188. Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 53 – String Man. : UNT Digital
Strange_Brew_(song)
English jazz guitarist
In Alexander, Charles (ed.). Masters of Jazz Guitar (1st British ed.). Balafon. p. 166. ISBN 0-87930-592-4. Mark Gilbert, "Phil Lee". The New Grove Dictionary
Phil_Lee
Soundtrack album by Kendrick Lamar and score by Ludwig Göransson
the film include one for T'Challa's sister Shuri, which was played on a balafon, and one for the Dora Milaje warriors, consisting of a group of Senegalese
Black_Panther_(soundtrack)
1984 studio album by The Raincoats
Harry Beckett - trumpet, flugelhorn Richard Dudanski - percussion, drums, balafon Michael McEvoy - synthesiser bass on "Animal Rhapsody", horn arrangements
Moving_(The_Raincoats_album)
1998 animated film by Michel Ocelot
flute (for the scene where Kirikou ventures into a zorilla's burrow), the balafon, and the sanza (for the spring scene). Youssou N'Dour also composes the
Kirikou_and_the_Sorceress
Glass marimba Glasschord Triangle Xylophones (strictly made of wood): Balafon Gandingan a kayo Kulintang a kayo Luntang or kwintangan kayo Marimba Marimbaphone
List of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number: 111
List_of_musical_instruments_by_Hornbostel–Sachs_number:_111
Version of the Stratocaster electric guitar
Bacon, Tony (2000). 50 years of Fender (1st British ed.). London, England: Balafon. pp. 22–23, 76–77. ISBN 0879306211. Fender STRAT Manual (1980) Page 5 Fender
The_Strat_(guitar)
Senegalese musician (born 1955)
Fans of Pene and Super Diamono used to congregate particularly at the Balafon Club, near the Autonomous Port of Dakar. Super Diamono's music was energetic
Omar_Pene
Type of African goblet drum
instruments whose use is reserved for members of the griot caste, such as the balafon, kora, and ngoni. (The djembe is not a griot instrument.) Anyone who plays
Djembe
Motif or phrase repeated throughout a piece of music
include lamellophones such as the mbira, as well as xylophones like the balafon, the bikutsi, and the gyil. Ostinato figures are also played on string
Ostinato
Malian musician (born 1974)
of several Malian music traditions such as her use of the ngoni and the balafon. It sold over 40,000 copies in Europe. On July 11, 2000, her second album
Rokia_Traoré
mandole (Algeria) Amakondere (Uganda) Anglo concertina Arghul (North Africa) Balafon (Mali) Banjo music Batá drum (Nigeria) Begena (Ethiopia) Belly harp (West
List of African musical instruments
List_of_African_musical_instruments
Malian singer-songwriter (born 1949)
Musical instruments that are commonly featured in Keita's work include balafons, djembes, guitars, koras, organs, saxophones, and synthesizers. He performed
Salif_Keita
Church in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast
Bentot; Eric (1990). "Notre-Dame de la paix: l'architecture universelle". Balafon (in French). 94. Abidjan: Air Afrique: 18–25. ISSN 0378-469X. OCLC 70223073
Basilica_of_Our_Lady_of_Peace
Musical instrument tuning machine company
The Fender Book, A complete history of Fender electric guitars. London: Balafon Books. p. 92. ISBN 1-87-154754-7. Ferrisi, Dan (May 30, 2014). "WD Music's"
Kluson_Manufacturing_Company
Former Dutch guitar manufacturing company
Bacon, Tony (1997). "Beatle Guitars". Classic Guitars of the Sixties. Balafon. "McCartney's Guitars, part II". Retrieved 2025-01-10. "What did I just
Egmond_(company)
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