- floating

through the air -
the melodies of the Balafon -
greet the dancer -
as her veils join the music -
with djembes & dumbeks -
and shakeres under the melody -
it becomes one -

- taken 20 April 2013 @ Circle of Rhythm Drum Circle
- Canon PowerShot SX40 HS

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"Fixed-key variations

In a fixed-key balafon, the keys are suspended by leather straps just above a wooden frame, under which are hung graduated-size calabash gourd resonators. A small hole in each gourd is covered with a membrane traditionally of thin spider's-egg sac filaments (nowadays more usually of cigarette paper or thin plastic film) to produce the characteristic nasal-buzz timbre of the instrument, which is usually played with two gum-rubber-wound mallets while seated on a low stool (or while standing using a shoulder or waist sling hooked to its frame)."

- from Wikipedia

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