Kora (instrument)
The kora is a 21-string harp-lute used mostly by peoples in West Africa.[1]
Kora (instrument) Media
- Traditional Range of the Kora.png
Traditional range of the kora
- Kora (Bridge-Harp Or Plucked Harp-Lute) (cropped).png
Kora (Bridge-Harp Or Plucked Harp-Lute) from St. Cecilia's Hall Museum, Edinburgh
- Gravi-kora 2 (Photo Jacques Burtin).JPG
Electric kora invented by Robert Grawi.
- Kora Sheet Music (Jacques Burtin).tiff
Kora sheet music (fragment of the score of One Thousand Sources, for solo kora, by Jacques Burtin).
- Gambia kora havard.jpg
Master kora-maker Alieu Suso of the Gambia
- Brooklyn Museum 61.2 Figure of a Seated Musician Koro Player (2).jpg
A kora player wearing a korte necklace, from the central northern Bandiagara Escarpment, Mopti Region, Mali. The kora neck and handles appear to have broken off. Late 1700s.
- Griot de Niantanso-1872.jpg
Sambou, jali of Niantanso, Mali, with a Kamalengoni (a relation to the Kora) in 1872.
- Bijoutier et joueurs de kora.jpg
Kora players in Sénégal, 1900. The koras are straight-necked, with handles, carrying cords, tacked skins and small, square soundholes.
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Jali Fily Sissokho playing a 22-string kora, tuned with konso string terminations and strung with nylon monofilament strings, 2008.
- Aid for Trade Global Review 2017 – Day 1 Sona Jobarteh tuning kora.jpg
Sona Jobarteh tuning a 22-string kora with open machine head tuners, 2017.
References
- ↑ "Information about the Kora". www.coraconnection.com. Archived from the original on 2008-07-03. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
