Algaita

Algaita

Infobox Instrument
name=Algaita
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classification=Double reed
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related=
*Sorna
*Rhaita
*Suona
*Sopila
*Shawm
*Zurna The algaita (also spelled "alghaita", "algayta" or "algheita") is a double reed wind instrument from Niger, particularly among the Hausa people. Its construction is similar to the oboe-like rhaita and the zurna. The algaita is distinguished from these other instruments by its larger, trumpet-like bell. Instead of keys, it has open holes for fingering, similar to the zurna. [http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761560962/African_Music.html]

Traditional recordings

*"Music from the Villages of Northeastern Nigeria" (Folkways, 1971)

Use in jazz recordings

*Yusef Lateef, "In Nigeria," (YAL Records, 1983)
*Yusef Lateef, "The African-American Epic Suite" (1994)

References

*H.G. Farmer, "The Arab Influence on the Western Soudan." "The Musical Standard," 15 November, 1924.

ee also

*Oboe
*Rhaita
*Shawm
*Zurna

External links

* [http://www.civilization.ca/arts/resonance/res3_54e.html "Alghaita" page]
* [http://www.stevenmikki.com/images/New/PhotoOP/Algayta.htm "Algaita" page]


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