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Gandayina: Xylophone Music of Ghana
SK Kakraba Lobi
Item #:
PP-CD1
Price:
$18.00
This CD contains 11 tracks of traditional and composed xylophone music from
Ghana. The xylophone is an important instrument in the northwest region of
Ghana among the Lobi, Sisala and Dagara people where its music is used to
accompany festivals and funerals. These recordings feature the
xylophone both as a solo instrument and accompanied by traditional West
African wind and percussion instruments played by members of Hewale Sounds.
The traditional Ghanaian
xylophone used in these recordings is a
fourteen-barred instrument suspended over gourds with a characteristic
buzzing
tone
created by stretching thin membranes over the hole in each gourd. This style of
instrument was the predecessor to both the
modern-day vibraphone and marimba, and served as the inspiration for the
xylophones used in the Orff-Schulwerk approach to music education. SK
Kakraba Lobi was
born in Saru in northwestern Ghana and is the son of renowned xylophone
master
Kakraba Lobi. After receiving a traditional music education he traveled to Accra
where he has taught at The International Center for African Music and Dance and
worked with the group Hewale Sounds to preserve Ghanaian xylophone music as
both a traditional and contemporary art form.
CD, 70 minutes.Contents include:
Darikpong - First song that is played when a man dies among
the Birifor
people.
Fonwayinfuyo - "As you come alone through birth, so will
you go
through death."
Norsuobie - "A poor man's son shall also
survive."
Binkpongbile - Music to reactivate the dancers.
Gandayina - A praise song to a respected person who dies and whose
departure
is very
painful to the family. They mourn for him saying, "A great man is going."
Saanfudongtarafere - When a man's father was alive, his son
enjoyed
himself frivolously. Now that the father is gone, his enemies are watching how
the son acts.
Kpilkalaa - This song is played in a funeral when an
elderly
person dies, praising them for their longevity. Unlike other funeral pieces, this
piece is played on the borgyil, the festival xylophone.
We-nyeme - A song symbolizing peace.
Kontonbile - A
festival song whose title means "Wonderful dwarf."
Porsaradinuowontuo - This song warns that one must accept the
results of one's actions.
Dela - This is a praise song to Dela, our
group leader in the Hewale Sounds band who plays the flute. We praise him for
his wonderful playing.
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