Xalam

The xalam is a traditional stringed instrument from West Africa that has 1 to 5 strings. It is played in many countries, including Mali, Gambia, Senegal, Niger, Northern Nigeria, Northern Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and Western Sahara. The xalam and its different forms are called by many names in other languages, such as bappe, diassare, hoddu (Pulaar), koliko (Gurunsi), kologo (Frafra), komsa, kontigi, gurmi, garaya (Hausa), koni, konting (Mandinka), molo (Songhay/Zarma), ndere, ngoni (Bambara), and tidinit (Hassaniyya and Berber).

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Xalam

Xalam is a traditional string instrument from West Africa. It has 1 to 5 strings and is played in many countries, such as Mali, Gambia, Senegal, Niger, Northern Nigeria, Northern Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and Western Sahara. The xalam is known by different names in other languages, including bappe, diassare, hoddu (Pulaar), koliko (Gurunsi), kologo (Frafra), komsa, kontigi, gurmi, garaya (Hausa), koni, konting (Mandinka), molo (Songhay/Zarma), ndere, ngoni (Bambara), and tidinit (Hassaniyya and Berber).

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Kontigi

A kontigi or kuntigi is a one-stringed African lute played by the Hausa, Songhai, and Djerma people. A three-string version called teharden is used by the Tamashek people. The instrument is used in Hausa music, mainly in northern Nigeria and Niger, and among Hausa communities in Benin, Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Cameroon.

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Ngoni

• Ngonidzashe Makusha (born in 1987), a Zimbabwean athlete who competes in sprinting and long jumping • Ngoni Makusha (born in 1994), a Zimbabwean athlete who competes in sprinting / long jumping

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Kora

• Kora is a place in Bardhaman, West Bengal • Kora is a place in Bharuch, Gujarat • Korha, located in Katihar, Bihar, is also known as Kora • Kora is a place in Kendrapara, Odisha • Kora is a place in Wardha, Maharastra • Kora is a place in Tumakuru, Karnataka • Toyaguda, located in Adilabad, Telangana, was formerly called Kora • Kora is a town in Burkina Faso • Kora is a town in Ethiopia • Kureh, located in Markazi Province, Iran, is a village also known as Kora • Kōra is a town in Shiga Prefecture, Japan • Kora National Park is located in the Coast Province of Kenya • Kora is a village in Mali • Kora is a village in Jhelum, Pakistan

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ARPANET

The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was the first large network that sent data in small pieces and used many computers to control it. It was also one of the first computer networks to use the TCP/IP protocol suite. These technologies became the base for the Internet.

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Triple harp

The triple harp is a type of harp that has three rows of strings instead of the usual one row. A common type is the Welsh triple harp (Welsh: telyn deires), which is mainly used by people who play traditional Welsh folk music today.

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Harp

The harp is a musical instrument with strings that are stretched at an angle across its soundboard. These strings are plucked with fingers. Harps can be played while sitting or standing.

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Ableton

Ableton AG is a German company that makes and sells the music software Ableton Live, along with related instruments, sound samples, and their own hardware controller called Ableton Push. The company has an office in the Prenzlauer Berg district of Berlin, Germany, and another office in Pasadena, California.

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CDJ

A CDJ is a type of digital music player used by DJs. It was first made to play music from compact discs, but many CDJs can now play digital music files stored on USB flash drives or SD cards. Usually, two CDJs are connected to a DJ mixer.

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