Ghanian gyil duet; Bobojilasso

This is one of the first times i performed on the gyil, back in the spring of 2003. The gyil is a xylophone from the northern region of Ghana in west africa. this piece, called bobojilasso, means "building a temporary shelter," and was played the night before a battle. it is made up of a series of q&a variations on a basic ostinato.

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Music

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• gyil
• africa
• music
• xylophone
• balafon
• ghana
• ewe
• percussion

[timtak1]

Elvis!? Sorry. Who are you thinking of? Interesting thesis.

[darlingliz26]

wow i love this. Great sound.

[sbizub]

This piece is from Burkina Faso.

[BosPercussion]

What is your experience?

[deier]

What ethnic group performs this?

[mofori86min72]

no one should eva doubt african skills when it comes to music..mos of ur american ur american artist, gets their ideas from africa..and thats real.

[watcher022]

your holding the mallets wrong and youre instruments need membranes over the gourd holes, it needs to buzz

[freddyo]

that was simply awesome

[musictchr1]

Hi! Great job! I've studied Ghanaian music with a Ghanaian Master Drummer here in the US for six summers now. He taught us to hold gyil mallets differently, though... between the 2nd and middle fingers.

I notice other drums in the background (kidi, sogo, kagan (or some say kaganu), and astemivu)... what else did you perform? Are they here on this site? Just curious!!

[edtreo601]

they have skils,

luv Balafon