Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/2665
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	lo-gyil
Subject
	111.212
Publisher
	Gilbert Berese
Contributor
	Roger Vetter, Toby Austin
Date
	1993
Type
	Dagaba
Format
	46 in. length of frame
20.5 in. greatest height of frame posts
23 in. length of longest key
2.9 in width of longest key 
17 in. length of shortest key
2 in. width of shortest key
0.95 in. thickness of all keys
Identifier
	6017
Source
	West Africa
Language
	EN
Coverage
	Ghana
Alternative Title
	gyil
	gyile
	gyilli
	dzilli
	dzil
	jyil
Medium
	wood
	gourd
	rope
	rawhide - twisted
Requires
	1 or 2
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Africa
Provenance
	Vetter collection
Basic form of sonorous object/s for idiophone
	block - oblong bar
Sound objects per instrument for idiophone
	multiple sounded discretely
Resonator design for idiophone
	separate resonating space/s attuned to pitch/es of sonorous object/s - built into instrument
Number of players for idiophone
	one or multiple
Sounding principle for idiophone
	striking - direct
Sound exciting agent for idiophone
	beater/s - stick with padded ball end
Energy input motion by performer for idiophone
	hammering
Pitch of sound produced for idiophones
	definite pitch
Sound modification for idiophones
	tensioned membrane over hole in resonator
Category of Instrument
	idiophone

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