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Friday, July 4, 2008

Mamadou Diabate's balafon pages

Some time ago I noticed this recording "Kamalenya" and liked it very much, although I admit I haven't ever listened to the whole CD. I must order it one of this days.
This week I found the web page of the author and on the page I found an interesting collection of sheets for the balafon in different flavours (Tusia, Dioula, Sambla, one player, two players, three players, ...). The sheets are written in the notation for classic music but they're not too difficult to read - I would even say they're pretty simple, as I can't read well this notation myself.

And now the best of it: the guy has put on the web the whole recordings too! In many songs there's the singing as well.

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