Ahoko, the Glossary
The Ahoko is a traditional percussion instrument originating from the central part of Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) in West Africa.[1]
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8 relations: Antoinette Konan, Côte d'Ivoire, Hornbostel–Sachs, Music of Africa, Nut (fruit), Percussion instrument, Struck idiophone, West Africa.
- African percussion instruments
- Hand percussion
- Ivorian musical instruments
- Struck idiophones
Antoinette Konan
Antoinette Konan (born January 1, 1960) is an Ivorian singer.
See Ahoko and Antoinette Konan
Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire, also known as Ivory Coast and officially known as the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa.
Hornbostel–Sachs
Hornbostel–Sachs or Sachs–Hornbostel is a system of musical instrument classification devised by Erich Moritz von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs, and first published in the italic in 1914.
See Ahoko and Hornbostel–Sachs
Music of Africa
Given the vastness of the African continent, its music is diverse, with regions and nations having many distinct musical traditions.
Nut (fruit)
A nut is a fruit consisting of a hard or tough nutshell protecting a kernel which is usually edible.
Percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument.
See Ahoko and Percussion instrument
Struck idiophone
Struck idiophones is one of the categories of idiophones (that is, any musical instrument that creates sound primarily by the instrument as a whole vibrating—without the use of strings or membranes) that are found in the Hornbostel-Sachs system of musical instrument classification.
See Ahoko and Struck idiophone
West Africa
West Africa, or Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom Overseas Territory).Paul R.
See also
African percussion instruments
- African drums
- Agogô
- Ahoko
- Axatse
- Balafon
- Castanets
- Chácaras
- Deze
- Goblet drum
- Kashaka
- Manjur (instrument)
- Obrom
- Rakatak
- Rock gong
- Udu
Hand percussion
- Agogô
- Ahoko
- Baby rattle
- Batih
- Bell
- Belleplates
- Bodhrán
- Bones (instrument)
- Boomwhacker
- Cabasa
- Castanets
- Clapper (musical instrument)
- Clash cymbals
- Claves
- Cymbals
- Flexatone
- Gubguba
- Hand percussion
- Handbell
- Handchime
- Headless tambourine
- Jam block
- Maraca
- Monkey stick
- Paiban
- Pogo cello
- Rainstick
- Rakatak
- Ratchet (instrument)
- Rattle (percussion instrument)
- Tambourine
- Thunder sheet
- Triangle (musical instrument)
- Wood scraper block
- Woodblock (instrument)
- Zatula
Ivorian musical instruments
Struck idiophones
- Ahoko
- Batih
- Cabasa
- Celesta
- Handbell
- Kepyak
- Keyboard glockenspiel
- Lithophones
- Lujon (musical instrument)
- Ogene
- Pixiphone
- Ringing rocks
- Silex Piano
- Skrabalai
- Slit drums
- Stomp box
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