The kora workout Episode 1

This series of workouts aims to tame the kora from every angle.

I had the idea of creating these exercises to compensate for the lack of structured exercises in traditional teaching, and I based them on the teaching of Indian classical music, which I have been practising for over ten years.

To get started, print out or copy this diagram:

Here's the video of the workout:

Workout 1

You can practise with a C drone, which is the tonal centre of this workout, i.e. our “home”. I'll explain later why this is important.

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