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====Gyil====
{{Main|Balafon}}
The '''''gyil''''' ({{IPAc-en|lang|pron|ˈ|dʒ|ɪ|l|ə|,_|dʒ|iː|l}}) is a [[pentatonic]] instrument common to the [[Gur languages|Gur]]-speaking populations in [[Ghana]], [[Burkina Faso]], [[Mali]] and [[Ivory Coast]] in [[West Africa]]. The Gyil is the primary traditional instrument of the [[Dagara people]] of northern Ghana and Burkina Faso, and of the [[Lobi people|Lobi]] of Ghana, southern Burkina Faso, and [[Ivory Coast]]. The gyil is usually played in pairs, accompanied by a calabash gourd drum called a ''kuor''. It can also be played by one person with the drum and the stick part as accompaniment, or by a soloist. Gyil duets are the traditional music of [[Dagara people|Dagara]] funerals. The instrument is generally played by men, who learn to play while young, however, there is no restriction on gender.

The Gyil's design is similar to the ''Balaba'' or [[Balafon]] used by the [[Mande languages|Mande]]-speaking [[Bambara people|Bambara]], [[Dyula people|Dyula]] and [[Sosso]] peoples further west in southern [[Mali]] and western [[Burkina Faso]], a region that shares many musical traditions with those of northern Ivory Coast and Ghana. It is made with 14 wooden keys of an African hardwood called liga attached to a wooden frame, below which hang [[calabash]] gourds.<ref name= Colter2008>{{cite journal | url= http://contexts.org/articles/winter-2008/harper/ | last = Harper | first = Colter | title = Life, Death, and Music in West Africa | journal = Contexts Magazine | year = 2008 | volume = Winter | pages = 44–51 | doi = 10.1525/ctx.2008.7.1.44 | s2cid = 59623412 }}</ref> Spider web silk covers small holes in the gourds to produce a buzzing sound and antelope sinew and leather are used for the fastenings.<ref name= Colter2008 /> The instrument is played with rubber-headed wooden mallets.