Kora & Tabla Performance by Dario Castiello & Francesco Gherardi

Kora & Tabla Performance by Dario Castiello & Francesco Gherardi

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Kora & Tabla:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C1YpcLRKPo
Kora E Tabla:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_hSo0wkm_ILy07KWlCORIA

Kora:
The kora is a 21-string lute-bridge-harp used extensively in
West Africa, eleven played by the left hand and ten by the right.
Modern koras made in the Casamance region of southern
Senegal sometimes feature additional bass strings,
adding up to four strings to the traditional 21.

A traditional kora player is called a Jali, similar to a 'bard’ or
oral historian. Most West African musicians prefer the
term 'jali' to 'griot', which is the French word.

Kora is a mandinka harp built from a large calabash
cut in half and covered with cow skin to make a resonator
with a long hardwood neck. The skin is supported by two
handles that run under it, and it supports a notched double
free-standing bridge.

It doesn't fit into any one category of musical instruments, but
rather several, and must be classified as a "double-bridge-harp-
lute”.

The strings run in two divided ranks, making it a double harp.
They do not end in a soundboard but are held in notches
on a bridge, making it a bridge harp. They originate from
a string arm or neck and cross a bridge directly supported
by a resonating chamber, making it a lute too.

Kora players have traditionally come from griot families
(also from the Mandinka nationalities) who are traditional
historians, genealogists and storytellers who pass their skills
on to their descendants. The instrument is played in Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso and the Gambia.

Tabla:
Tabla is a membranophone percussion instrument
(similar to bongos) which is often used in Hindustani classical
music and in the traditional music of India, Pakistan, Nepal,
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
The instrument consists of a pair of hand drums of
contrasting sizes and timbres.

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