Playing the complex West African instrument called the kora

[BluesRunTheGame]

[keithbvadu2]

1. Top notch!

New (to us) instruments from around the world.

[The Polack MSgt]

2. I love this artist so damn much

60 minutes needs to do a follow up story with her percussionist. He is astounding

[BluesRunTheGame]

3. That's really nice!

I started off, this evening, watching Paul Simon videos on YouTube. Not unusual at all. I found one with Miriam Makeba and from that the YouTube algorithm took me on a crazy trip around the world.

[brush]

4. Thanks for posting. She's an expert musician. I have a smaller kora I bought back when...

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I visited Senegal back in the late '80s. I can't play it but here's a photo. It's 25" long from the top of the neck to the short legs under the bowl. I did a quick photoshop job to combine the image of the whole instrument and a close up of the bowl to show the cowry shell ornamentation, the handles and the strings are visible. It also has a couple of horn ornamentations on the back of the bowl. One is visible protruding from the back.

[Higherarky]

5. Thank You For Sharing

My little brother allowed me to play his kora recently. Such an honor. Love.