The Cymbalum

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A big one, unknown but always there

The accordion

THE famous accordion, well know like a frenchy symbole,

an essential instrument of the gypsy music as we know it

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Saxophone

And,now, the last but not the least

African Musics - Mali

Shall we speak about African musics !

Each ethnic group have its own instruments and kind of sound. We can focus on music in Mali for example, with musicians called griots who are professional musicians. They sing praises or historic songs, playing with instruments like kora which is an african harp-luth.








We can focus on another instrument, as percussion instrument, like the famous djembe which well represents african musics and sounds. Rythms are the base of african musics, and there are a lot of percussion instruments. Each ethnic group has got its own rythms, and with it, its own instruments.

The Kotsuzumi (shoulder hand drum)

The kotsuzumi is used in Noh, the flute and percussion ensemble of Nagauta, the background music of Kabuki and a variety of folk entertainments.

The Okawa (side hand drum)

This musical instrument is used in Noh and the hayashi flute and percussion ensemble of Nagauta.

The Shimedaiko (stick drum)

The real name of this musical instrument is Sarugaku taiko.

It is used in Noh, Nagauta and kagura.

This instrument came from the Korean kingdom of Kudara long ago in the Asuka period.

It is only used in some Noh plays, but when it is used, it is only at the last final half of the play in order to create an exciting effect.