Kamele ngoni

[Paul]

Last year due to my fast approaching deafness from too much African ballet (the bells).. I took a trip to Bobo Dioulasso in Burkina faso where i spent six weeks on the kamele ngoni..
As a djembe player i find it a great form of relaxation. Whilst a string instrument it does not have difficult fret work like a guitar and often guitarists or drummers ask me to try it and both come up with interesting but different tunes.

My ngoni is eight strings though I think ten is the norm.. Its a five note scale and I tune it from the the bottom note up d-c-a-g-e-d-c-a.

I had an amazing teacher and a friend of mine from France spends six months a year there training..

Would be nice to meet other ngoni players and swop tunes.

[drummer]

I'm not a ngoni player my self but it looks like a interesting instrument.


Daniel

[bops]

I play with a Kamale N'goni player from Wassulu named Tani Diakite. Very hypnotic groove and such a beautiful sound.

I find myself drawn more and more to the feel of the music. Not only that, it's nice to take a break from hardcore djembe and dununs sometimes!