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!

[Paul]

Got back for another four months of ngoni in Bobo, total convert now.
Exploring 12 strings now, wait till i get my hands on a reverb peddle.
Paul

[KEANIEirishdjembe]

paul, hows it goin,
i hear you have tuning keys on your n'goni. did you put um on your self. Any tips for doing this. And any recordings, or good instruction on the net that you know off??
cheers dude

[Paul]

Nothing on the net dude will try to put something up soon