Re: New Singles--some thoughts

[woj@remus.rutgers.edu (the one who understood the tennis ball)]

Markku Kolkka <mk59200@intianrastas.cs.tut.FI> sez:
>briarpatch!billy@uunet.uu.net (Billy Green) writes:
>>   Musically, yes, it's very repetitive.  I want to avoid calling it Latin
>>   music until I find what a Valiha is (an instrument played by Paddy and
>>   someone else).

>I've only heard the .WAV file version, but I thought it sounded
>African, not Caribbean or Latin. Valiha is an African (or actually
>Madacascan (sp?)) guitar-like instrument.

it's an instrument from madagascar that resembles a guitar in some ways,
but is more zither-like overall. it basically looks like a long tube with
strings on either side which are strummed or picked by both hands (the
valiha is supported at one end by the torso and a strap from the opposite
end usually is strung over the player's neck). 

the kabossy is a malagasy guitar with five or six strings and partial 
frets (checked one of the cds i have by the malagasy band tarika sammy
for the info on this).

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