Art of the Xalam ( & Hoddu)

[MrLezep]

merci pour ce partage. Passionné depuis mon enfance par les musiques de la terre (musiques ethniques).

[lovinair]

Le n'goni est un instrument typiquement malien, appelé djéli n'goni "luth de griot" chez les Bambaras et nkoni ou koni. C'est l'un des nombreux noms utilisés pour les luths dans la musique d'ethnies d'Afrique de l'Ouest : le bappe, diassaré, duru, gambaré, garaya, goumbale, gurumi, hoddu, keleli, koubour, molo, n'déré, taherdent, le tidinit ou le xalam. Certains guembris (gembré, gembri, gambri ou gumbri), instruments de musique à cordes pincées des Gnawa (Guinéen en arabe) en sont très proches.

[VraiDiouf]

@lovinair ouais, ça c'est sur, mais aussi au Nigeria, Le Benin, au sud du Niger, on l'apelle "Kontigi" en langue Haoussa.  Molo est le mot en sonrai/songhai, L'hoddu en peul (fulfulde), etc.

[lovinair]

@VraiDiouf Merci pour ces compléments et précisions frère ... cette diversité fait je trouve toute la passion et l'intérêt que l'on peut ou doit y porter, autant pour cette richesse de savoir, que cette diversité d'origines et existences en tant de régions parfois continents, et de part les voyages de ces instruments avec les hommes, leur transformation et enrichissement de possiblités depuis des temps qui nous précèdent ... peace & tchèk

[VraiDiouf]

@lovinair Merci mon frère, j'espère la même chose pour vous.

[Klezfiddle1]

Incredible! The Xalam is IDENTICAL to the ancient Egyptian lute! There certainly must have been some amazing cross-cultural exchange of musical ideas going on in Antiquity, How is the resonator constructed? Is there skin stretched over a Gourd?

[QT4ME2]

@Klezfiddle1 you should check out " Youssou Ndour CD Egypt '

[lsamoa]

@Klezfiddle1 Actually, a few historians (Cheikh Anta Diop and others) think the Wolof came from Ancient Egypt originally

[MegaBerzan]

hello guys,

the intro song is called Tandibiya from Mansour Seck himself !

the album name is ; N'der Fouta Tooro Vol 2

so you can buy also these songs; Soukanaba

Samba Sediegue

close the door, windows and enjoy it !!

[austin160]

what is that song at the intro? i know some say mansour seck, that is right, but what is the song?

[Junior1luv]

TINDIBIYA!!!!tHAT`S MY SHIZZLE!!!i AM SO STUNNED BY W.AFRICAN MUSIC

RIGHT NOW YO!!!iT`S SO BEAUTIFUL

TO ME.

[numofan]

Beautiful! I'm very intrigued by the tuning that's being used starting at the 6:00 minute mark (or close to there).

[ouszman]

cela montre toutes les facette de la culture pulaar.merci a vous

[grm987654]

The opening song sounds like it's from Mansour Seck, who is a close friend of Baaba Maal's. They have been singing together for a very long time. (From a proud Senegalese!)

[VraiDiouf]

I know, I think it is Mansour Seck. My parents would know. I don't really listen to his music as much as they do, but he is a great artist.

[jPapa2008]

First place with most diverse ethnics where every ethnic shines in culture is Gambia.

Then go to Senegal from there.

[VraiDiouf]

Gambia doesn't have the most diversity in West Africa, Nigeria does.

[jPapa2008]

That was not Bama Maal. Take a trip to West Africa to be able to differentiate and get a wider listening, then you can tell.

[VraiDiouf]

I was talking about the song from the beginning of the video. I am from West Africa.

[VraiDiouf]

Who sang this song, it sounds like Baaba Maal. It definately is in Puular.

[VraiDiouf]

It's all the same thing.

[Monochord]

his style reminds me sometimes of moorish style of playing, especially the second riff

[VraiDiouf]

The original moors are West African.

[iArsalan]

Truth Speaks! The army of the Moors was primarily Fula, Hausa, and others from Senegambia; as the Murabit (Moor) movement was strong amongst them.

Madam Bugibba was a noble woman who witnessed the Moorish invasion and described them thus "...their forces (the Moors) were as black as ink, and their general (Zayd ibn Tariq) was blacker still."

[VraiDiouf]

Yep take a look at some of the videos I uploaded.