Translating great African composers | Derek Gripper | TEDxTableMountain

[@conradpaul489]

RIP Toumani.. Your music lives through composers like Derek. Thank you Derek for this.

[@dydia7129]

He is a genius to have the knowledge of following those African fingers. Not given to many. Nice job

[@TheFrankiejay]

Wow 🤩 😯 😮. This is just amazing 😻 Thanks for spreading the love ❤️

[@mansourmaiga9945]

Merci à toi Derek pour cet grand honneur rendu à ce grand monsieur qui nous a quitté seulement hier vendredi 19 juillet 2024. J'apprécie énormément ce que vous faites pour la vulgarisation de ces deux classiques que sont Ali Farka et Toumani Diabaté. Vous devriez avoir certainement des ascendants ouest-africains. Merci à vous !

[@COSMICZULU]

Thanks for yours transcriptions and yours tutorials

[@georgechav2309]

Looking at Derek's hands as he speaks shows you he's a haptic communicator - something he does very well as he plays his guitar 😊

[@Michajeru]

I now have a new favorite guitarist - Derek Gripper. Music with such an impelling potency, such an indescribable elegance and exuberance.

[@marctucciaronemusic7738]

How beautiful Derek ! I´m a big Kora fan !

[@drmphonenweli]

This is incredible. Professional interpretation of beautiful African music.

[@chrislopes]

I'm blown away! This is amazing. I'm a big fan of Kora! You're blessed, Derek!

[@project-237]

Just wow! Incredibly played with just 6 strings.

[@adamtelerman1676]

This is MUSIC, superb, incredible, with this particular and stellar signature of Derek Gripper, CONGRATULATION !!!!

[@ousmanediallo-ne6mf]

IT can't be better than this!!! awesome!!!

[@adamcotton2121]

Beautiful.

[@jaykrishna6249]

This changes everything for me

[@GLOBETRAVLER2]

very good so...as humans we can learn to appreciate each other

[@kentoskentos8428]

Awesomeness

[@pamelapatrick8463]

Skilled display of your guitar playing Skills!

[@ShenFM]

I reckon your classical training has put you in such good stead in the picking dexterity in terms of the ambidextrous technique of all the right hand fingers

[@SXCRD]

Magical ❤

[@abdellahisidimahmoud2132]

Legend ❤

[@kbatmanyan]

love love love!! thank You Derek Gripper!!

[@SandeshDasi]

Wow, how cool is this? I would love to see the Kora player's reactions as they watch him analyzing their musical heritage.

[@stephenkyle8754]

Just brilliant Derek...

[@michaelmichael1225]

I am African bro and enjoy you play the guitar 🎸 as kora music

[@segdatv8019]

You are amazing Dereck Gripper

[@ParisNextDoor]

How incredible is that

[@ericjohnsawyerbdix]

What an inspiration - thank you Derek

[@RaysTrack]

64, 000 views and only 1,100 likes. What's the matter people? This was superb.

[@tomover9905]

Amazing playing. It sounds like three guitarists

[@dannyhughes9874]

This takes Guitar to a new level.

[@GaragePie22]

WOW~ !

[@musicallymee]

Incredible!!

[@Toniba75]

He needs to go to Mali so Badly. Please go. They will love you.

[@brendonbussy6066]

He has been. Performed with diabate and keite

[@brendonbussy6066]

+Brendon Bussy sorry: keita

[@libanwarsame5428]

Brendon Bussy, @4:30, he says that he's never been to West Africa!

[@mikedickman9623]

@@libanwarsame5428 he hhas now - this was from several years ago

[@paloky2]

great musician !

[@ousmanesall9269]

waw, I never thougt before seing Derek that it could be done with 6 strings,!

[@madmozelletc]

I would love to hear voice with this, so beautiful, thank you

[@josesoares9296]

Listen to "sona jobarteh - jarabi"

[@nicholassternon5857]

Toumani Diabate and Ali farka toure recording many duet songs like my favorite sina mory

[@enolys]

What is the tuning of the guitar? its not in EADGBE

[@mikedickman9623]

it's DADGBE

[@ignacioquiroga1839]

Now where we get those in sheet music or tabs ?

[@jeffreyapril9425]

Talented guitarist and fantastic instrument Who was the luthier.

[@somethingunrelated]

Does anyone know what the song he plays from 2:00 (roughly) is called? Does it exist as a song in its own right?

[@brandonterzic]

djaraby it is a standard song in the mande tradition

[@javif.robles1994]

jarabi

[@T.J]

there are several ways to spell it as it is Malian.

[@T.J]

Look up Toumani Diabaté and or Ballaké Sissoko

[@yelassinacoulibaly]

😍😍😍👌👌👌❤

[@cheickoumarsow7902]

Increible...!!!:-)

[@Papysization]

niiice

[@nilton61]

When i watch this for the x'th time i start to realise that this in a way is similar to what Tommy Emmanuel did when arranging Beatles song for guitar despite the differences in context and tradition.

[@shaunshelly]

+nilton61 and complexity and rhythm and musical interest and technique etc etc

[@NOPELAOS]

ultra like

[@conradpaul489]

Derek, can you share your piece that you translated for guitar. I need to play this please

[@mikedickman9623]

Derek has a Patreon website for those looking for sheet music and lessons.

[@faboum4685]

I thing he is generating the song of 2 cora players.

[@zoulouetzara]

Does anyone know what's the tunning for the first song?

[@matej0909]

zoulouetzara f# 3 string

[@denisitele]

No, I don't know

[@carolcambray1112]

Found him from Instagram music

[@lazer7301]

Awesome video and Derek is an amazing player for bringing a style of music not really for guitar to it, very unique. But does anyone know why there is a guy translating his words to sign language on the side? If someone can't hear him speak why would they want to see a guitarist?

[@T.J]

Lazer7 deaf people can feel music by touch, they can touch a speaker and feel the music. And also even if they can’t hear I am sure some are interested in the concept of music.

[@laurensjoensen7188]

Great stuff, what is the tuning you're using, Derek?

[@FelixLacoste]

D A D F# B E

[@TheCompleteGuitarist]

Is that for all the pieces?

[@FelixLacoste]

TheCompleteGuitarist i am sure for "Djarabi" "Kaira" and "Mama FC", i ve worked on thiese pieces, maybe it's the same for the other pieces...

[@Lemwell7]

Why the capo?

[@mikedickman9623]

because it 'sings' better with the higher resonance

[@bernf9329]

What is the name of the African man the composed this?

[@diawaraoussey9091]

Toumani diabate

[@slowasturtle5704]

Very nice. However lets not use the word Griot. The original term is Jali. Means Blood. Why borrow the colonial word rather than the original one.

[@sranpkaimotep2879]

However talent he is. Sound of guitar is not sound of Cora. Please we don't have beetowen or Mozart but our griot are just the best for us

[@gregcox9290]

guitar is out of tune, unfortunately. Still a great presentation.