Instruments names

• bamboo chamber flute • bamboo flutes • bansuri • basin drum • bilma clapsticks • bolivian wood flute
• bolon • border pipes • bulbultarang • cajon • chromatic harmonica • circle flute • clarinet • classical flute
• congas • curved soprano sax • daf • darbuka • didgeridoo • djembe • duduk from armenia
• indian double chamber flute • kaen • kalimba mbira • kaval • kora • launeddas • melodica • mezoued
• ocarina • organpipes • overtone flute • panflute • recorder • santoor • saw.u • scottish tin whistles
• straight soprano sax • suling indonesian flutes • talking drum • tambourine • tenor saxophone
• udu drum • zither

Kora (West Africa)

It uses a large calabash cut in half and covered with cow skin as a resonator and has a notched bridge like a lute or guitar. The sound of a kora is like a harp though when played in the traditional style, it bears a closer resemblance to flamenco guitar techniques. The player uses only thumb and index finger of both hands to pluck the strings in polyrhythmic patterns. Ostinato riffs ("Kumbeng") and improvised solo runs ("Biriminting") are played at the same time by skilled players.
Kora players have traditionally come from griot families (traditional historians, genealogist and storytellers) who pass their skills on to their descendants. It is played in Mali, Guinea and Senegal but is also common in The Gambia.

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