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| String instrument | |
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| Classification | Malian stringed instrument with 21 strings |
| Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 323-5 (Acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, in which the plane of the strings lies at right angles to the sound-table; a line joining the lower ends of the strings would be perpendicular to the neck. These have notched bridges. Sounded by the bare fingers) |
| Developed | 16th century |
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| Related instruments | |
| harp, gravi-kora, seperewa, simbing, ngoni, bolon | |
| Musicians | |
| Toumani Diabaté, Jaliba Kuyateh, Ballaké Sissoko, Sona Jobarteh, Foday Musa Suso, Seckou Keita, Toubab Krewe, Jacques Burtin, Alhaji Bai Konte and sons Dembo and Sherrifo, Mory Kante, Sidiki Jobarteh, Alahji Malamini Jobarteh father of Tatadinding, Pabobo Dembo, Landing Jobarteh, Lalo keba Drameh Jobarteh, Moussa Kouyate | |
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The kora (Manding languages: ߞߐߙߊ kɔra[1]) is a stringed instrument used extensively in West Africa.[2] A kora typically has 21 strings, which are played by plucking with the fingers. It combines features of the lute and harp.
- ^ Faya Ismael Tolno (September 2011). "Les Recherches linguistiques de l'école N'ko" (PDF). Dalou Kende (in French). No. 19. Kanjamadi. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ "Kora". Archived from the original on 2007-07-08. Retrieved 2007-03-21.