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Akonting playing by Joe Diatta. Dakar. 07-2006

Joe Diatta (Jatta in english) plays an old Jola tune on the three string gourd lute Ekonting (Akonting). The name of the tune is Ampa Youtou, Child of Yuotou, a village in southern Senegal.The Ako...  
 
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lalolalomejor (1 year ago) Show Hide
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que cosa mas bonita,escuchar,esta musica,es increible que con tan pocos instrumentos se pueda realizar algo tan hermoso, es una delica para los oidos!!GRACIAS!!
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the song at the end is really good
011tombo (1 year ago) Show Hide
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Great stuff! Very nice singing and harmonies. It's also fascinating to see and remind ourselves how it all started with the modern 5-sting banjo. Ulf, can you tell us what are the strings made of on this instrument? They sound really nice and mellow like nylon stings on modern acoustic guitars. Thank you so much for posting this.
fartsinwind (1 year ago) Show Hide
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This song is beautiful!
strings3002 (2 years ago) Show Hide
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Is this song..."Cluck Old Hen?"
UlfJagfors (2 years ago) Show Hide
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Many old time African American songs probably bear influencies from African musical backgrounds. I think this song is more closely to Sourwood Mountain. But it is up to you to try to find similarities with other OT tunes.
Ulf
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Kassumay ku palom. Burokab bolu bu sumame sum. Ji ragal maji jituma wafow wololal fothiul !
Abaraka.
mef1975 (2 years ago) Show Hide
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Clapping too loud! Although, there's something really soothing about this.
rottenhubert (3 years ago) Show Hide
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Fascinating... thanks for posting this!

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