balafonn.

/ˈbaləfɒn/

Forms: Also balafo, balaphon, and variants.

Etymology: < French balafon (1688 in Trésor), < Manding bala xylophone + fo to play.

A large xylophone with hollow gourds used as resonators, used in various parts of West Africa and elsewhere in the performance of West African music. Cf. ballards n.

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ballarda1382

ballards1623

sticcado1776

balafon1797

straw-fiddle1867

mbila1928

gamelan1934

mbira1948

1797 Encycl. Brit. III. 767/2 Bufalo [sic], a musical instrument, consisting of several pipes of wood tied together with thongs of leather, so as to form a small interstice between each pipe. It is used by the negroes of Guinea.

1833 F. Shoberl tr. V. Hugo Hunchback Notre-Dame (1834) iii. 60 The Egyptians played upon their African balafoes and tambourines.

1935 G. Gorer Afr. Dances i. iv. 55 No one who was not a griot would..play the tomtom, the balafron (a kind of xylophone).

1965 Economist 16 Jan. 229/3 The Senegal national anthem..begins..‘Strum your koras, strike the balafons’.

1988 Q Nov. 123/5 Today Jali plays with a new line-up (though the same format of kora, guitars, balaphon and vocals both lead and chorus).

1991 P. Sweeney Virgin Directory World Music 21 A spare, heavy bass guitar and minimal touches of synthesizer added a contemporary feel to the raw simple melodies and traditional ngoni and balafon accompaniment.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	balafon
释义	balafonn. /ˈbaləfɒn/ Forms: Also balafo, balaphon, and variants. Etymology: < French balafon (1688 in Trésor), < Manding bala xylophone + fo to play. A large xylophone with hollow gourds used as resonators, used in various parts of West Africa and elsewhere in the performance of West African music. Cf. ballards n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > [noun] > xylophone > other xylophone types ballarda1382 ballards1623 sticcado1776 balafon1797 straw-fiddle1867 mbila1928 gamelan1934 mbira1948 mbira1948 1797 Encycl. Brit. III. 767/2 Bufalo [sic], a musical instrument, consisting of several pipes of wood tied together with thongs of leather, so as to form a small interstice between each pipe. It is used by the negroes of Guinea. 1833 F. Shoberl tr. V. Hugo Hunchback Notre-Dame (1834) iii. 60 The Egyptians played upon their African balafoes and tambourines. 1935 G. Gorer Afr. Dances i. iv. 55 No one who was not a griot would..play the tomtom, the balafron (a kind of xylophone). 1965 Economist 16 Jan. 229/3 The Senegal national anthem..begins..‘Strum your koras, strike the balafons’. 1988 Q Nov. 123/5 Today Jali plays with a new line-up (though the same format of kora, guitars, balaphon and vocals both lead and chorus). 1991 P. Sweeney Virgin Directory World Music 21 A spare, heavy bass guitar and minimal touches of synthesizer added a contemporary feel to the raw simple melodies and traditional ngoni and balafon accompaniment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1797
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