: Learning the Kora Are there any written methods for learning the Kora, a West African instrument which traditionally is taught only by example and whose repertoire is not notated?

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Resources:

1.) www.kora-music.com/e/notationssystem.htm
2.) www.derekgripper.com/african-guitar/reading-kora-scores/
3.) A 34 page pdf by William Ridenour

4.) For purchase, a book by Roderic Knight

5.) Several places to purchase African Music Scores

6.) www.oscarvandillen.com/kora-music/
Also, Sona Jobarteh is a composer and Kora virtuoso - she has workshops but, the site doesn't explicitly state written resources are provided....

A quick image search for 'kora sheet music' pulls up a lot of material - I did not examine them closely for duplicates, etc...