Kora 非洲豎琴

 

Code : TT 49

(for playing, for decoration)

Introduction :

Kora is a harp-lute used by the Mandinka people in Mali, Guinea, Senegal, Gambia and northeastern part of the Ivory Coast. It has been in use for at least 200 years, and was first described in the literature on African music as “a large 18-string harp”. Today’s kora has 21 strings divided into two parallel groups running parallel to the soundbox. There are eleven strings on the left and ten on the right, passing through a bridge with the respective number of slits. Its soundbox is a very large hemisphere made from a calabash – half a gourd – over which is stretched a cowhide soundboard. Penetrating this skin are two wooden rods that protrude for a distance upward, parallel to the neck. These serve as hand-holds for the player. The player plucks the strings with his thumbs and forefingers. As with some other African instruments, the notes of the scale are distributed between the two hands.

Kora is usually used to accompany singing, though solos ad duos are not unusual. Kora music, an intricate weaving of melody and rhythm, has many fine practitioners, and some have achieved wide international acclaim.

簡介：

非洲豎琴 (Kora) 是在馬里、幾內亞、塞內加爾、岡比亞和象牙海岸東北部Mandinka族人所使用的豎琴。它至少有200多年歷史，在非洲音樂文學被形容為『一個大的十八弦豎琴』。今天的非洲豎琴有二十一條弦，分為兩組，平行地連繫在共鳴箱上。左邊有十一條弦，右邊有十條弦，各自通過橋樑的狹縫。它的共鳴箱是一個非常大的半球體，由葫蘆製成（半邊葫蘆），共鳴箱面覆蓋了牛皮製的音板。兩條木棒穿過牛皮製的音板，向上伸出，平行琴頸，作為演奏者的手柄。演奏者用他的拇指和食指撥弄琴弦演奏。與其他一些非洲樂器，音色的範圍分佈於兩隻手之間。

非洲豎琴通常用於歌唱伴奏，雖然獨奏及二重奏不是不常有的。Kora音樂，旋律和節奏編織錯綜複雜，許多優秀的演奏者，有部份已取得廣泛的國際讚譽。

Size :

Length : 40 cm

Diameter : 12 cm

Made in Ghana, Africa

Sound of Kora :
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