Om onsdagen kan du lære at spille Balafon med Paul Nas. Han kommer hele vejen fra Holland for at deltage i festivalen med os. Han har rig erfaring med Balafonspil og byggeri, og ser frem til at dele sin viden med dig. Worlshoppen finder sted onsdag kl 14.00. I løbet af ugen får du mulighed for at øve dig på en Balafon. Se mere her
LÆR AT BYGGE EN BALAFON
Med supervision fra Paul, kan du lære at lave en Balafon. der er forskellige muligheder: traditionel skala, pentatonisk eller vestlig diatonisk. Dertil kan du vælge mellem 10 og 21 barer. Under Workshoppen vil du lære at lave rammen, file og stemme barerne og samle balafonen og mere. Til sidst sættes det hele sammen ; ramme, barer, strenge. Tilmelding til workshoppen er nødvendig, da der skal medbringes specielt værktøj, der ikke i forvejen findes på festivalen. Hvis du vil bygge din egen Balafon, skal du tilmelde dig via mail: (paul@paulnas.nl) eller app (via 0031649752139 via Signal or Whatsapp), da en Balafon tager en uge at færdiggøre.
I always bring some balafons to introduce people to playing the balafon during the festival week. This year, I am hosting aworkshop for all interested people during the festival on the Wednesday at 2pm. This workshop is free of charge. Later in the week, people who took part in that workshop can practise what they have learned.
So it is possible to build a balafon under my guidance and with my help. This is possible with a maximum of 1 or 2 people. Then it’s necessary to have contact in advance about your wishes and the possibilities. So I can prepare myself accordingly with materials and specific tools that are not present at the festival. You can choose traditional tuning, or pentatonic (my personal favourite) or western diatonic. You can choose a balafon of 10, up to 21 sound bars. The work consists of making a frame and cutting, planing, filing and sanding the sound bars to tune them. In addition, the work consists of cutting and filing gourds to tune them. Finally, assembling the sound bars and gourds with string to the frame. Are you interested? Send me an email (paul@paulnas.nl) or an app (via 0031649752139 via Signal or Whatsapp).
