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MANDE MUSIC: Table Of Contents Traditional and Modern Music of the Maninka and Mandinka of Western Africa
List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Technical Notes Transcription Guide and Rhythm Concepts Introduction Performers Performance Instruments Repertories Tuning and Scales Playing Techniques and Styles Languages and Neighboring Peoples Islam and Mande Music Traditional and Modern The Mande West African Prehistory Ancient Ghana (Wagadu) Mali Kabu European Contact, the Colonial Encounter, and Independence Nyamakala and Notions of a Mande Class System Mande Aesthetics and the Creative Artist: The Ngara Conclusion Hunter's Music Performers and Performance Hunter's Harps Simbi Repertory Simbi and Donso Ngoni Tuning Simbi Playing Technique and Style Conclusion Jeliya Performers and Performance Jeli Instruments The Repertory of Jeliya Jeli Tuning Systems Playing Techniques and Styles Conclusion Drumming Performers and Performance Jembe Dundun, Sangba, and Kenkeni Tama Mandinka Kutiro/Tangtango Ensemble Conclusion The Guitar and the Modern Era Performers and Recordings Repertories of Modern Music Guitar Tuning Guitar Playing Styles Conclusion Music Terminology Julu, Dònkili, Fasa The Many Uses of Ben (Agreement) Terminology for Pitch Height Rhythm Conclusion Perspectives Identity Methods When a Context Modernizes Mande Ways of Learning Music, Ways of Learning Mande Music When Teaching Westernizes Conclusion Manden Te Banna Appendix A: References Related to Mande Music in Historical Sources from the Eleventh to the Mid-Nineteenth Century Appendix B: Keys to Vocalists, Musicians, and Their Instruments Appendix C: Recordings of Traditional and Modern Pieces in Mande Repertories Appendix D: Syliphone Recordings Glossary of African Terms Bibliography Discography Videography Personal Interviews, Lessons, and Recordings Subject Index Personal Name Index Title Index Subjects: AFRICAN STUDIES ANTHROPOLOGY: Cultural and Social Anthropology MUSIC: Ethnomusicology Published by University of Chicago Press

MANDE MUSIC: Table Of Contents
Traditional and Modern Music of the Maninka and Mandinka of Western Africa

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Technical Notes
Transcription Guide and Rhythm Concepts

Introduction
Performers
Performance
Instruments

Repertories
Tuning and Scales
Playing Techniques and Styles
Languages and Neighboring Peoples
Islam and Mande Music
Traditional and Modern

The Mande
- West African Prehistory
- Ancient Ghana (Wagadu)
- Mali
- Kabu
- European Contact, the Colonial Encounter, and Independence
- Nyamakala and Notions of a Mande Class System
- Mande Aesthetics and the Creative Artist: The Ngara
- Conclusion
Hunter's Music
- Performers and Performance
- Hunter's Harps
- Simbi Repertory
- Simbi and Donso Ngoni Tuning
- Simbi Playing Technique and Style
- Conclusion
Jeliya
- Performers and Performance
- Jeli Instruments
- The Repertory of Jeliya
- Jeli Tuning Systems
- Playing Techniques and Styles
- Conclusion
Drumming
- Performers and Performance
- Jembe
- Dundun, Sangba, and Kenkeni
- Tama
- Mandinka Kutiro/Tangtango Ensemble
- Conclusion
The Guitar and the Modern Era
- Performers and Recordings
- Repertories of Modern Music
- Guitar Tuning
- Guitar Playing Styles
- Conclusion
Music Terminology
- Julu, Dònkili, Fasa
- The Many Uses of Ben (Agreement)
- Terminology for Pitch Height
- Rhythm
- Conclusion
Perspectives
- Identity
- Methods
- When a Context Modernizes
- Mande Ways of Learning Music, Ways of Learning Mande Music
- When Teaching Westernizes
- Conclusion

Manden Te Banna
Appendix A: References Related to Mande Music in Historical Sources from the Eleventh to the Mid-Nineteenth Century
Appendix B: Keys to Vocalists, Musicians, and Their Instruments
Appendix C: Recordings of Traditional and Modern Pieces in Mande Repertories
Appendix D: Syliphone Recordings
Glossary of African Terms
Bibliography
Discography

Videography
Personal Interviews, Lessons, and Recordings
Subject Index
Personal Name Index
Title Index

Subjects:

AFRICAN STUDIES
ANTHROPOLOGY: Cultural and Social Anthropology
MUSIC: Ethnomusicology

Published by University of Chicago Press