Balafon

**Balafon** yaa xylophone sẽn tar karɩt sẽn yaa wa karɩt, sẽn yaa idiophone sẽn yaa wa kʋɩt-n-tɩrga.A yaa sẽn be Afirik Wɛtgã Mandé, Senoufo la Gur buud-goamã sʋka,la sẽn yɩɩd fãa, a yaa Mandinka buud-gomdã sẽn be Guinée wã,la a yaa Afirik Wɛtt-Gõonegẽ wã fãa pʋgẽ, Gʋni n ta Mali.A yʋʋr sẽn yaa balafon wã yaa Erop ned sẽn boond a Mandinka yʋʋr sẽn yaa ⁇ balane gom-biig ning sẽn yaa ?? fôn 'n gom' bɩ Gɛrk gom-bil sẽn yaa phono. 

## Kibãya
B tẽedame tɩ b ra zãmsa b mens ne Afrika-rʋʋnd ne Amerika-rʋʋng instrument ning b sẽn boond tɩ marimba wã, balafonã sẽn yaa bũmb ning b sẽn da gomd n togsã sɩngda Mali soolmã rogem yʋʋmd 1200 soabã pʋgẽ. Balafon yaa Manding yʋʋr la a yaa a sẽn boond tɩ Balafon, la a yaa toor-toorã Afrika Wɛtga, n dat n yeel tɩ balangi wã yaa Sierra Leone wã la a yaa Dagara, Lobi la Gurunsi buud sẽn yit Gana, Burkina Faso la Ivory Coast wã. B yɩɩla woto me Afirik sẽn be zĩ-zĩnga, la pĩnd wẽndẽ Kongo soolmã ra boond-a lame t'a palaku. 

Balafonã sẽn be Biiblã pʋgẽ wã sɩngda yʋʋmd 1200 soabã. Yʋʋmd 1352 soabã pʋgẽ, Moroc n da be n maand zãmb n boond t'a Ibn Battuta, n wilg tɩ Mali naab a Mansa Suleyman taoorã ra beẽ ne ngoni la balafon.  

Europɩɩs sẽn da wa n wa Afrɩka Wɛtgã pʋgẽ wã goma balafoon-rãmbã sẽn da yaa b sẽn da boond tɩ "balapons" yʋʋm kob-gĩnd 17 soabã yelle. A Atlantik sobg raabã kɩtame tɩ b tall b tãnsãb n wa Amerikã. A Virginia Gazette wã wilgame tɩ yʋʋmd 1776 wã, Afro-Amerik rãmb ra yɩɩda balafo. A Zezi sẽn da gomd bũmb ning b sẽn maand yʋʋmd 1800 wã sʋka, b pa le gomd bũmb ning sẽn be Etazĩni wã yell ye.

## Etymology
Malinka kʋlsẽ wã pʋgẽ, balafon yaa gom-biis a yiib gom-bi-kãsemse: balan yaa instrument yʋʋr la fô yaa yʋy sẽn dat n yɩɩl. Balafon yaa bala wã sẽn yaa bũmb ning sẽn kɩt tɩ b maand yɩɩlã.  

Bala yaa balfon sẽn yaa gãnemd sẽn boond tɩ balafonã sẽn be Kolokani la Bobo Dioulasso soolmẽ wã. Bala-kãens tara sor-kãsemse, la b tara gãn-kãsems sẽn na yɩl n paas b pãngã. Balani yaa balon sẽn tar pãng n tar tãnsãs la a sẽn tar kʋɩlen-kẽeng sẽn yaa sẽk n tãnsã. Bãrã tara bãnd n zãad ne bãnd n tar kʋɩlen-kãsems 21, la bãndã sõor sã n yaa ne tẽng toɛy-toɛyã, a sã n yaa sõma bɩ a sã n pa sõma. 

## Tõnd sẽn na n maan bũmb ninsã

Balafon tõe n yaa gãn-kãnga (b sã n da gãneg gãn-kɛnga, tɩ b gãneg-a ne gãn-kẽnga) bɩ gãn-kaaba (b sãn gãn-kakd n gãneg-b ne b toor-toore). Balafonã tara kibay 17-21 sẽn zems ne tetratonik, pentatonik bɩ heptatonik, sẽn yaa tɩrs ne miisã buud-goamã. 

Balafonã tõe n tall nota 18 bɩ 21, baa ne a kẽer sẽn naan tɩ b tall nota a wãn n yiis a to wã (16, 12, 8 wall 6 la 7). Balafon-n-bõonegã yaa b sẽn da naan ne kosso roog n kõ-b tɩ b kõ-b-la sũ-bʋgsem n tɩg bugum sẽn ka tar pãnga, n yaool n yãk-b tɩb sẽn yit bõonegẽ wã. B yiisda tɩɩs n yiis zĩ-sʋkã n na n kɩt tɩ b gãd-a tɩ yɩ wa b sẽn datã, wall b yiisd-a-la n na n maneg n maneg n gãd- a lame. 

B sã n da tar balfon sẽn tar gãag sẽn pa tõe n kʋɩ, b gãda gãagã ne gãag sẽn yaa ne yĩn-kãnga, tɩ b gãag-a ne tãnsã sẽn yaa gãag-kãnga. B sẽn da naan n naan n naan b bug-tẽngã, b ra maanda b sẽn da yaa wa b sẽn da maand n naan n maand b bug-tog-tog-n-taagã.

## Tẽnsã sẽn yaa to-to
Wala sẽn yaa to-to tɩ balafonã buud toor-toorã yaa toor-toore Afirik Wɛtgã, instrumentã mengã manesem me yaa woto. Tẽns wʋsg pʋsẽ, b yɩɩla balafonã b yembr tɩ b maan-a wa b sẽn maandã, tɩ sãnda me b yɩɩla a yembr tɩ b naag taab n yɩɩl. Gʋniini la Mali, balafonã yaa neb a tãabo sẽn yaa neb a taab sẽn tar pãng n maand yɩɩl sẽn yaa kãsenga, sẽn yaa kãenkãe la sẽn yaa kãensa. Kameroõ, b tigma tãens a yoob sẽn yaa to-to wã n tʋmd ne taab orkestɛɛr pʋgẽ. B sẽn da maand b sẽn datã, b ra yaa b sẽn da maand n na n maan b sẽn tõe fãa. La b sã n get tɩ b tʋgd b taab ne b tʋb a yiib n wẽg b tʋb-rãmbã, b sã n dat n yeel tɩ b tʋbda taab ne b kʋɩlen-rãmb a yiib bɩ a yiib n yɩɩd, b getame tɩ b tʋbd-rãmb yaa b toorẽ. 

Gʋniini nebã sẽn yaa Susu la Malinké wã yaa balafon-dãmb la b sẽn boond tɩ Manding buud-goam a taabã sẽn yaa Mali, Senegal la Gambi wã. Kameroon, Tchad, la baa Kongo soolmã tẽnsã me tara balafon buud toor-toor sẽn kaoosd. 

Naoor wʋsgo, balafon-dãmb paka b nusẽ-rãmb n paasd b sẽn dat n maan to-to wã. 

Tẽns kẽer pʋsẽ, balafon ra yaa instrument sẽn yaa sõma, tɩ ned sã n wa maan a sẽn tõe n maan bũmb ningã, yaa a Zeova Kaset rãmbã bal n tõe n maan-a. Be, b b bẽd-a lame wẽnd-doogẽ wã, la b tõe n yiis-a lame n yaool n yɩɩl-a lame, b sã n wa paam n yɩlme. B tõe n maana tʋʋm-teed kẽer n na n yɩɩl b sẽn dat n maan ne b sẽn datã. B pa zãms kom-bɩɩsã ne tʋʋm-sõamyã ye, la b zãmsda-b lame ne b sẽn tõe n dɩk n dɩk n kõ-ba.  

### Gyil

Kɩt-n-taag (Ingl. /ˈdʒɪlə/ bɩ /ˈdˈʒiːl/) yaa gom-bi-tʋʋmd sẽn yaa wa a sẽn gomd Gɛr buud-gomdã sẽn be Gana rɩtgẽ, Burkina Faso, Mali sẽn be zĩ-gõonegẽ wã, la Afirik Wɛtgẽ wã, Ivory Coast sẽn be rɩtg-n-zĩngẽ wã. Gãna Mande neb sẽn boond tɩ Ligbi (Numu), Bissa la Dyula sʋka, b boondame tɩ bala. Kʋt-n-taag yaa Dagara nebã sẽn be Ganaa rɩtg ne Burkina Faso, la Ganaa Lobi wã, Burkina Faso rɩtg la Ivory Coast wã pipi tʋʋm-teed sẽn yaa noore. B wae n yɩɩnda a killing ne a yiib-n-soaba, n paas a bu-rɩt sẽn boond t'a kuor. B tõe n yɩɩnda ned a ye ne b tãmbã la b tãmb-n-taarã, wall b solistã. Gyil duets yaa Dagara yikãadem kibay. B sẽn yaa kom-bɩɩsã, yaa rao-rãmba n zãmsd yɩɩl-kãnga, la b pa tar sor n tõe n yãk b sẽn yaa b zo-rãmbã ye. Yaa wotoGurunsi neb sẽn be Ghanã sẽn be Upper East soolmẽ wã, la Gurunsi nebã sẽn be Burkĩna Faso zĩ-gõongã sẽn be Burkinaa soolmã sẽn be zĩ-zãnga wã me n yɩɩdã. Dẽnsa sẽn be ne kʋʋdã yaa Bewaa wã. 

A gyilã sẽn naanã yaa wa balaba bɩ balafon sẽn be Mande-bõon-bõone, Dyula la Sosso neb sẽn be Mali zĩm-dʋʋgẽ wã la Burkĩna Faso rɩtgẽ wã, la Senoufo neb sẽn be Sikasso, sẽn yaa tẽng sẽn tar mizikã minim wʋsg ne sẽn be Ivory Coast tʋʋr-n-soogã la Gana wã. A yaa b sẽn maan ne fʋʋg a 14 sẽn yaa Afirik tɩɩg sẽn boond tɩ liga, n tɩg n tɩg a zug n tɩg-a ne fʋʋgã. [1] A sẽn yaa wa a sẽn da yaa wa a Zezi sẽn yeelã, a yeelame tɩ "bãng-y tɩ b na n maana bõn-kãsems ne b b zĩiga". B yɩɩla ne tɩɩg gãnd sẽn tar gom-biis n kõ-a.  

#### Cameroon
Yʋʋm 1950 wã pʋgẽ, b ra tara bar-rãmb Kamerun tẽnga pʋga, n na n sõng-b tɩ b paam n paam n paam neb wʋsg n wa be be. La ka la bilfu, b lebga Kamerun nebã sẽn da yaa nin-buiidã yʋy wakat ning b sẽn da wa n be n zabd ne-b tɩ pa zems ne soolmã ye. Balafon orkestras sẽn tar balafon-rãmb a 3-5 la b b sẽn boond tɩ percussion instrumentã lebga b sẽn da nong n moond bar-rãmbã pʋsẽ wã. Bãngr-gomdã kẽer wa n yɩɩ neb wʋsg ne b taabã, wala a Richard Band de Zoetele. 

Yʋʋm kob-gĩnd 20 soabã pʋga, b ra mii buud-goam sẽn boond tɩ bikutsi. Bikutsi wã yaa zabr yɩɩl sẽn naag ne tãnsã, bobla la balafon buud toor-toore. Pagb n yɩɩnd bikutsi wã, tɩ b gomd bũmb nins sẽn wilgd tɩ b pa segd n maan yoobã yelle. Sẽn yaa b sẽn da nong n dat n bãng b sẽn tõe n maan to-to wã, bikutsi wã paama pãng yʋʋmd 1950 wã. Tõe tɩ a Anne-Marie Nzie yaa pĩnd naandbã sʋka sẽn da yaa kãseng n yɩɩdã. B sẽn wa n na n yɩɩl bikutsi wã yaa a Messi Me Nkonda Martin ne a Los Camaroes sẽn paas elektrik gitars la bõn-paals a taaba. 

Balafon orkestre wã ra yaa nin-buiidã sẽn da nong a Yaoundé bar wã yʋʋm 50 wã pʋgẽ, la nebã ra baoodame tɩ b yɩ nin-buiidã nin-buiidã. A Messi Martin yaa Kamerõ wã ned sẽn da boond tɩ guitaristã. A ra kelgdame n kelgd Gʋniini sẽn be Ekwatori wã sẽn be a to wã ne Spaans buud-gomdã, la a kelgdame me ne Kuba la Zaire rumba. A Messi toeemame n paas a gita wã, n paas a kasetã ne seb-papr sẽn yaa a toore. 

#### Guinée
Balafon, kora (lute-harp) la ngoni (banjo wã yaab) yaa instrument a tãabã sẽn yaa taab ne Afirik Wɛtgã griot bardi wã. B fãa yaa taab sẽn be zĩig ning fãa, b sẽn be zĩig ningã, la b sẽn maand to-to wã, baa b fãa sẽn be zĩig ninga fãa wã. Gʋniini wã yɩɩ solo balafonã tẽn-kãseng sẽn tar yõod wʋsg rũndã-rũndã. Sẽn mik tɩ griot buud-gomdã yaa buud sẽn yaa to-to wã, b boondame tɩ Kouyaté zakã rãmb tɩ balafonã gũudba, la yʋʋm kob-gĩnd a 20 soabã pʋgẽ, b sõnga tɩ b wilg-a dũniyã gill zugu. 

#### A Sosso Bala

A Fr:Sosso Bala yaa balafon, sẽn be Niagassola tẽnga, Gini wã pʋgẽ, la b yetame tɩ yaa balafon ning sẽn zĩnd yʋʋm 800 sẽn looge. 

Sundiata zab-gʋlsdã, sẽn gomd Mali soolmã siglgã siglgã siglg yelle, wilgda tɩ b sẽn wa n kẽed a Sumanguru roogã n wa yɩɩl kibsã poore, a Bala Faséké Kouyaté sẽn boond t'a yaa griotã n tõog n kɩt tɩ a Sossõ rĩmã Sumanguru Kante tʋm-a. A Sundiata Keita, sẽn lugl Mali soolmã, kɩtame tɩ Sumanguru lʋɩ, n deeg balafonã, la a kɩt tɩ griotã Faséké yɩ a gũuda. B yeelame tɩ b paam-a-la waoogre, a Kouyatés rãmbã nengẽ, la tɩ b tõog n zãad balafonã hal tɩ ta rũndã-rũndã.Baa ne kibar kãngã sẽn yaa sɩda, Sosso Bala yaa tʋʋm-teed sẽn tar yʋʋm wʋsgo, la UNESCO yãka a soab n naan yɩ nin-yend nin-yenda sẽn yaa ninsaalb sẽn tar pʋɩɩr ne b sẽn pa tõe n yã wã pʋgẽ yʋʋmd 2001 wã.  

##### sénégal
Senegali wã rĩn-gʋlsdã yʋʋr boondame tɩ "Pincez Tous vos Koras, Frappez les Balafons". 

##### Mali
Yaa kibs sẽn yaa rũndã-rũndã balopõ wã, Triangle du balafon, sẽn maand yʋʋmd fãa Sikasso, Mali soolmẽ wã.

## Neb nins sẽn yaa neb sẽn mi n yɩɩdã la b tigimsã
Neb nins sẽn boond tɩ balafon-dãmb n tar yʋʋr n be wã yaa: 

* Madou Kone, Balafon Master from Burkina Faso, living in Vienna, Austria
* Richard Bona, Cameroonian jazz musician
* Abdou Karim Diabate "Tunkaraba" King of Balafon, from the village of Tabatto, Guinea-Bissau
* Djiby Diabaté
* Kélétigui Diabaté, playing for Habib Koité's *Bamada* group
* Mamadou Diabate, Knight of the National Order of Burkina Faso (2016), Winner of the "Grand Prix" & "Prix de la Virtuosite de Festival Triangle du Balafon" in Mali (2012), Winner of the Austrian World Music Award (2011)
* Lassana Diabaté, Malian musician known for work with Toumani Diabaté's *Symmetric Orchestra* and Afrocubism
* Modibo Diabaté, from Mali
* Zerika Djabate, Bissau-Guinean musician
* Djiguiya, percussion band from Burkina Faso
* Danny Elfman of Oingo Boingo
* Les Freres Coulibaly, Burkina-based balafon ensemble
* Stefon Harris, American jazz musician
* Dominic Howard of Muse used a balafon on the band's second album, *Origin of Symmetry*
* Mory Kanté, early in his career
* Aly Keita, Aly Keita and the Magic Balaphone, Malian balafon player
* Gertrude Kilian, DVD "The Balafon with Aly Keita & Gert Kilian", "Balafon Beat" / Verlag Zimmermann
* Lawrence Killian, American jazz musician
* Mahama Konaté of John Cena, Burkina-based balafon ensemble
* Balla Kouyate, from Mali/Guinea, whose father, Sekou "Filani" Kouyaté, is the current guardian of the Sosso Bala
* Mamadi Kouyate, from Mali/Guinea, (Germany since 2015), whose grandfather Sékou "Filani" Kouyaté, is the current guardian of the Sosso Bala
* El Hadj Djeli Sory Kouyaté
* N'Faly Kouyate of the Afro Celt Sound System
* Adam Malik, Burkina-based balafon ensemble
* Dave Mann, jazz percussionist, played with the Dave Brubeck Group
* Neba Solo (Senufo balafon group, led by Souleymane Traoré) from Sikasso
* Mama Ohandja, Cameroonian composer and performer to his country
* Qasim, Burkina-based balafon ensemble
* Pharoah Sanders, American jazz musician
* Saramaya, Burkina-based balafon ensemble
* Raheel Sharif, British band leader originally from Senegal
* Bill Summers, American jazz musician, performing with Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, and Los Hombres Calientes
* Lonnie Liston Smith, American jazz musician
* Rokia Traoré, Malian singer, guitarist, and band leader
* Le Troupe Saaba, Burkina-based balafon ensemble
* Momo Werner Wevers, German balafon player, plays solo and with the "Ensemble M.Pahiya" (balafon and classical guitar)
* N'Camara Abou Sylla (Guinea; Les Ballets Africains)

## Ges-y me

* *Balafon* was the name of the in-flight magazine of Air Afrique
* Music of Guinea
* Music of Mali
* Marimba, covers the modern instrument which developed independently in both South America and southern Africa.

## Sebtiisi


## Sẽn paase

* A Lynne Jessup. Mandinka Balafonã: Sɩngr sẽn naag ne sebr sẽn na yɩl n zãms nebã. Xylo Publications, (1983)  .
* A Eric Charry. Mande mizikã: Maninka la Mandinka buud sẽn be Afrika nin-taoorẽ wã minim la b minimd mizikã. A ra zãmsda buud-gomd la yɩɩl-yɩɩllã wɛɛngẽ. University of Chicago Press (2000).  .
* Adrian Egger, Moussa Hema: Die Stimme Des Balafon - La Voix Du Balafon. Schell Music, .
* Gert Kilian "Balafon Beat", Verlag Zimmermann, Alemayn
* Gert Kilian " Balafon ne Aly Keita & Gert Kilian ", édition " improductions " / Paris
* "Das magische Balafon" Mamadi Kouyaté, Ursula Branscheid-Kouyaté / Alemayn / LEU-Verlag, Neusaess DVD

## Zems-n-taase

* Cora Connection: Balaphone yaa bõe?
* Balafon fot-rãmb n be be, n wilgd b sẽn maan to-to n na n me-a wã.
* A Mofu-Gudur Balafonã sẽn yɩ to-to wã Sõsg sẽn tar fot-rãmb la kɩbay sẽn wilgd balafonã sẽn yɩ to-to Kamerun rɩtgã.
*  video sẽn wilgd b sẽn maand balafõ wã Niagassola