How to Play the Balafon | African Drums

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I want to talk to you about balafon. The balafon is made by wood, it's not metal, called khadi, that the Susu people call khadi, and Malinke people call beng.
So we made this with wood, and on the bottom we have the gourds, like calabash. It's a fruit, it comes from the fruit family, pumpkin family. These calabash make the balafon loud, like amplification.
Since we get this instrument was not technology like electricity in Africa at that time, we used those to make sound vibration louder, like, you know, amplification.
And you have bamboo frame. This is a bamboo frame. We make those together to make balafon. But it's really name called bala, B-A-L-A.
So now to stake this rubber tree, we make stake, to play balafon for that. So, I'm going to show you a little demonstration.
That's overview to play balafon.

[@1MillonOne]

Wooow!! That sounds like an electronic instrument!! The sounds of the nature and wisdom from my people from africa make me feel proud and really happy!! The ancestral African culture gave a really beautiful legacy to the humanity!! Thanks Africa!!

[@framerate3x3]

If Africa had to be known for one thing, I would say their percussion instruments Its literal gold. I love it.

[@dbackscott]

That’s a beautiful instrument with an interesting sound. Thank you for demonstrating it.

[@titanmancrazy4402]

Why do I love this dude's accent?

[@fransiskusjulian9448]

me too...

[@chriskratt7665]

@Braydon Korpusinski nobody cares

[@cohencyrus5337]

Most africans in non English speaking countries sound like that

[@Sharmajicamerawale]

oh my goodness this instrument is magic

[@serenahi5626]

The last year I'm getting married for that week for the letter that my husband was

[@rguz333]

I hope my future wife looks at me the same way this man looks at a balafon, he looks so happy to show it off!

[@RosieBrownie]

Well... it IS a beautiful craftmanship, really, you have to agree with that 😍 Hehe💕

[@kalyanishanmugam5204]

African are known for their art and music and talent is unique.

[@ageliteandi9329]

Thank you so much for this video. What a beautiful sound! So melodic and something really calming about it. Getting one and learning how to play it is definitely on the bucket list!

[@benperlmutter5190]

daaaaaaaaamn ancient west africans were using overdrive before electricity

[@JoshuaStormmusic]

LOL

[@_garcos]

So incredible! Sounds like 8-bit music! I can't understand the dislikes on this video.

[@markwilliams7777]

The true sounds of “Organic Naturally” made Calypso music.. Such phenomenal and beautiful people, it’s amazing how badly that they are hated upon...

[@joeorton1218]

That really sounds amazing incredible

[@ramanandkowtakowta1431]

Lovely percussion instruments - the Balafone❤

[@trivedijv]

superb, enchanting music. Thanks for introducing this to the wider world.

[@tbhv]

This is actually one of my fav videos of all time

[@cjBless-zi5wv]

Wow beautiful playing instrument, #timbucktu#mansamusa# WestAfrican culture brought me here 👍🇯🇲

[@ZacSladePants]

Wow, what a cool sound -- and what a cool guy playing it!

[@okavango5937]

Amazing Instrument, amazing sound! Thank you for sharing this!

[@SpacetimePilgim]

This almost sounds like a synthesizer

[@chriskratt7665]

Eyyy that's my cultural music right there!!🙌🏾💛🇲🇱

[@Dripht]

African instruments are so cool

[@ShumbalumProductions]

That’s awesome it sounds like a synth

[@buddee7282]

Very nice explanation and demonstration. Thank you!

[@chriskratt7665]

@Braydon Korpusinski the dude is speaking clear english with an accent. If you can't understand that you probably can't english well, he sounds fine.😑

[@Skyverb]

His smile while playing can cure cancer.

[@kierenmoore3236]

I just had a premonition of my house filling up with African instruments ...

[@chazfeatherstone8239]

Kieren Moore Being a drummer/perccustionist,i find these elements of grand design to be flawless

[@jameswtlocs]

Sameee lol

[@13579hee]

This sounds like magic 😍😍

[@Calithlin]

I love it! Very well played!

[@KazarTrimto]

I love this 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 めっちゃ好きfrom Japan

[@CameshaCamz]

Soooo BEAUTIFUL.

[@michellejoye1]

I love it so much it is peaceful

[@errcoche]

Magical sound.

[@africatruefiresounds2175]

amazing instrument

[@FeyScribe]

it sounds like when you fly in your dreams.

[@jondesoo8055]

It sounds so sweet

[@bowsprite0]

Wontanara! We are all one. One Love. Merci.

[@cesar82370]

In México we have a similar instrument called Marimba ¡saludos!

[@MigzMigz35]

Cesar Alfredo Amador Tankian it was born in Guatemala

[@adamyves1750]

You should check the history books. The marimba came from Africa and was brought by the TransAtlantic you-know-what.

[@worldwideworldwide4173]

@Adam Yves You are correct. A lot was brought to other cultures around the world by the “African Diaspora”. The African Diaspora introduced The Sound of Africa to many cultures including Latin, which African music of the African Diaspora is now the Latin culture’s most popular sound today (Afrobeat, Dancehall, Calypso, Reggae, Soca, etc. is music of the African Diaspora). These African rhythms used have now come to dominate Latin music.

[@sebastienrichard5006]

The sound make me dream this instrument is magic

[@leafster9273]

That sound is so cool

[@BoxPossum96]

that man must have shoulders of bradden steel, playing with a damn near full sized marimba strapped to his back like that.

[@cursedalien]

It sounds so cool!

[@MaddieOlson1993]

I love these videos!

[@muhammadnatha48]

Africa is peace

[@laserduchamp8071]

tremendous sounds : )

[@Passion84GodAlways]

🥰 How BEAUTIFUL!!! 🥰

[@zoeymoyo9969]

Awesome and guess the inventor had not seen a keyboard then. Amazing

[@sarahhavillamelooliveira5825]

I loved it so much

[@coreyjohnson9382]

Youre good at this

[@Justin-xv2is]

God gifts

[@ahmadtheaviationlover1937]

That sounds amazing;

[@s.g.r.2773]

Beautiful!

[@GutembergRochaSilveira]

It´s Fantastic!!!

[@tenzingyuthok8078]

That's freaking cool!!

[@flippy101mph9]

I'm BUILDING one for I'll be able to play

[@pierceketara2280]

Wow that was cool.

[@kierenmoore3236]

This is Amazeballs.

[@karengarrison4237]

Late to the party but still informative

[@kennethwilliams7337]

I want one.

[@gopalprabhakar1483]

Beautiful👌👌

[@Free_Snooki]

Like you, bhai. ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ

[@pruthvirajalige7119]

Awesome......

[@SawyerKnight]

So this is what the Sorcerer Soumaoro Kanté used in order to win battles. I understand now.

[@khristeleunicemelgazo7554]

amazing

[@NEILAALIEN]

Wow!, so cool!

[@mhmmhm1525]

Who disliked

[@Kaaxe]

learned about the existence of this instrument from Age of Empires 2 campaign

[@alexakinyemi8476]

who were the jerks that disliked this video

[@Lagoberto]

is a instructional dvd???

[@RikthDcruze]

the same technology was also used by Indians in a larger scale in their traditional instruments.

[@Marika19.09]

Браво из России!!!

[@l3ertuz362]

what is the weight?

[@duncanconduit]

i have one at home

[@eue73urjdyehw]

wow

[@wigwagstudios2474]

sounds like a distortion filter

[@butsujenabakumov7504]

Dammm Cj Your Voice is like Cj Gta sanandreas

[@ekowvilasmens]

Oh Afrika!!!!

[@midasmirto7265]

i used to pronounce the balafon as bafalon

[@dramanebance5654]

bless Africa but we don't have good present to like Mohamed gadaffi or Thoma Sankar

[@tawakolimohammad1820]

Why the hell does this have dislikes

[@marion_roberts]

An acoustic synthesizer. Not something I'd hear everyday.

[@Wakodaf]

Two steak 1:19

[@magiosanyinpeju2238]

We invented the first piano. Thats a piano..

[@Bryn_Raschaul]

Yea, no…

[@ersatzvitamin1]

Is he a griot?

[@lottietucker3082]

Black Angels have the belafon instead of a harp.

[@mareek2007]

I think you mean kora

[@MasDipoS]

he looks like big shaq

[@chriskratt7665]

Lmao

[@Joblesscloth]

5th

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First

[@titanmancrazy4402]

First to reply to this comment...

[@jorgeoscarramos7335]

Lo siento, negro, no me muestras nada nuevo; en México tenemos la marimba.

[@alexgomez9896]

jorge oscar ramos la marimba se usa mas en Guatemala

[@itumo2645]

A marimba é originária da África Austral

[@adamyves1750]

No solo en Sudáfrica, sino también en África occidental. La marimba se originó en África.

[@chriskratt7665]

You are an actual idiot.

[@uglybastar-d]

Sounds like "bit corruption" + ring modulated xylophone