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Melody vs Akonting - What's the difference?

melody | akonting |

As a proper noun melody

is .

As a noun akonting is

(musical instrument) the folk lute of the jola people of west africa; a banjo-like instrument with a skin-headed gourd body, two long melody strings, and one short drone string.

melody

English

(wikipedia melody)

Noun

(melodies)
  • tune; sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
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    • Synonyms

    * (sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase) tune

    Derived terms

    * melodic * melodious * melodium

    Related terms

    * melodrama

    See also

    * scale * tune * harmony * music

    akonting

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia akonting)
  • (musical instrument) The folk lute of the Jola people of West Africa; a banjo-like instrument with a skin-headed gourd body, two long melody strings, and one short drone string.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 2, author=The New York Times, title=New CDs, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=But there’s no less spirit in the singing and thumb piano playing of Ruth Akello, an unheralded Ugandan, or in the banjo-like akonting playing of the Jatta family, in Gambia. }}