Mande Music

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
1. 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
2. Hunter's Music
Performers and Performance
Hunter's Harps

Simbi Repertory
Simbi and Donso Ngoni Tuning
Simbi Playing Technique and Style
Conclusion
3. Jeliya
Performers and Performance
Jeli Instruments
The Repertory of Jeliya
Jeli Tuning Systems
Playing Techniques and Styles
Conclusion
4. Drumming
Performers and Performance
Jembe
Dundun, Sangba, and Kenkeni
Tama
Mandinka Kutiro/Tangtango Ensemble
Conclusion
5. The Guitar and the Modern Era
Performers and Recordings
Repertories of Modern Music
Guitar Tuning
Guitar Playing Styles

Conclusion
6. Music Terminology
Julu, Dònkili, Fasa
The Many Uses of Ben (Agreement)
Terminology for Pitch Height
Rhythm
Conclusion
7. 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