Gyile

thumbnail|The gyil of northwestern Ghana The '''gyile''' is a type of West African xylophone, with seventeen keys constructed over gourds.<ref name="Stone2010">{{cite book|last=Stone|first=Ruth M.|title=The Garland Handbook of African Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XEeTAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA182|year=2010|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-90001-4|page=182}}</ref> It holds a place in the musical traditions of the Dagara and Birifor people of northern Ghana and southern Burkina Faso.

Bernard Woma (d. 2018) was a well-known gyile player from Upper West Ghana who spent many years teaching the instrument and introducing it to audiences around the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dagaramusic.org/bernard-woma/|title=Bernard Woma – A master of the Ghanaian Xylophone|website=Dagara Music Centre}}</ref>

==See also== * Balafon

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