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Definition of balafon in English: balafonnoun ˈbaləfɒnˈbaləˌfän A large xylophone with hollow gourds as resonators, used in West African music. Example sentencesExamples - Banjo, rattle, gong, xylophone and balafon, drum, flute, and over fifty-five others are described technically, musically, physically, culturally, and often historically.
- The rhythmic, all-acoustic backing is provided by kora, balafon, and Djelimady's guitar, and against this the singers swap their declamatory stories and praise songs.
- Chadians also excel at making five-stringed harps and balafons, which are similar to xylophones.
- There was some work to find a way to get the n'goni players discovering the balafon of region.
- Then her band walked out - a balafon player, two ngoni players, a percussionist, and two backup singers - wearing more predictable traditional Marian garb.
- One composition may highlight the possibilities of the balafon whilst another concentrates on the ngoni or Kora.
- They were suspicious because I didn't have any musical training, that I was mixing n'gonis and balafons, and there was no male arranger for the songs.
- There's plenty of instrumental colour, jolly balafon playing, flute and vocal chorus.
- And the tinkle of kora and the woody tones of the balafon xylophone are skillfully combined with the sounds of an Egyptian orchestra.
- He was already established as a kora and balafon player in Africa.
- In Malinke traditional music, men drum and play balafons (xylo-phones made from wood and gourds).
- Then you hear their bikutsi sound, a super-charged shake-up of African rhythms and rock energy where balafons duel with electric guitars, pierced by Ahanda's superb trumpet playing, and you're sold.
- Later, he played balafon (an indigenous wooden xylophone), but guitar was a rare instrument and in high demand, so he continued to be drawn to it.
- In an experiment in ‘moving to something more authentic’, Keita and Manfila recorded this acoustic set with help from pianist Kemo Kouyate, a trumpet player from Les Ambassadeurs, and a selection of kora and balafon players and singers.
- The erhu, accordion, balafon, flute, marimba, and numerous other cultural instruments, are blended together.
- I've done a lot of research into traditional African instruments, the kora, the balafon, the gembe, the flute.
- In the depiction of two seated balafon players, features of twinning and androgyny (breasts and beards) historically have been seen to be important Dogon genesis motifs.
- Camara also combines the sounds of the balafon (tube xylophone) with Chad MacQuarrie's electric jazz guitar and Darren Parris' bass guitar.
- Acoustic drums, n'goni and balafon, as well as the man's own rich voice, lock in so smoothly with the tasteful studio smithery of Yves Wernert that the contrast vanishes.
- The vibraphone goes to school with the balafon and enriches it.
Origin Via French from Manding bala 'xylophone' + fo 'to play'. Definition of balafon in US English: balafonnounˈbaləˌfän A large xylophone having hollow gourds as resonators, used in West African music. Example sentencesExamples - In Malinke traditional music, men drum and play balafons (xylo-phones made from wood and gourds).
- He was already established as a kora and balafon player in Africa.
- Then her band walked out - a balafon player, two ngoni players, a percussionist, and two backup singers - wearing more predictable traditional Marian garb.
- The rhythmic, all-acoustic backing is provided by kora, balafon, and Djelimady's guitar, and against this the singers swap their declamatory stories and praise songs.
- There's plenty of instrumental colour, jolly balafon playing, flute and vocal chorus.
- The erhu, accordion, balafon, flute, marimba, and numerous other cultural instruments, are blended together.
- One composition may highlight the possibilities of the balafon whilst another concentrates on the ngoni or Kora.
- The vibraphone goes to school with the balafon and enriches it.
- I've done a lot of research into traditional African instruments, the kora, the balafon, the gembe, the flute.
- Later, he played balafon (an indigenous wooden xylophone), but guitar was a rare instrument and in high demand, so he continued to be drawn to it.
- Acoustic drums, n'goni and balafon, as well as the man's own rich voice, lock in so smoothly with the tasteful studio smithery of Yves Wernert that the contrast vanishes.
- Then you hear their bikutsi sound, a super-charged shake-up of African rhythms and rock energy where balafons duel with electric guitars, pierced by Ahanda's superb trumpet playing, and you're sold.
- And the tinkle of kora and the woody tones of the balafon xylophone are skillfully combined with the sounds of an Egyptian orchestra.
- Banjo, rattle, gong, xylophone and balafon, drum, flute, and over fifty-five others are described technically, musically, physically, culturally, and often historically.
- There was some work to find a way to get the n'goni players discovering the balafon of region.
- Chadians also excel at making five-stringed harps and balafons, which are similar to xylophones.
- In the depiction of two seated balafon players, features of twinning and androgyny (breasts and beards) historically have been seen to be important Dogon genesis motifs.
- Camara also combines the sounds of the balafon (tube xylophone) with Chad MacQuarrie's electric jazz guitar and Darren Parris' bass guitar.
- In an experiment in ‘moving to something more authentic’, Keita and Manfila recorded this acoustic set with help from pianist Kemo Kouyate, a trumpet player from Les Ambassadeurs, and a selection of kora and balafon players and singers.
- They were suspicious because I didn't have any musical training, that I was mixing n'gonis and balafons, and there was no male arranger for the songs.
Origin Via French from Manding bala ‘xylophone’ + fo ‘to play’. |