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Ilonge Flute Tune

- Balekenosa Kayala, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Balekenosa Kayala , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Nyakyusa (African people) , Zaramo (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kiwira f-tz
  • Language: Nyakyusa , Zaramo
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175246 , vital:42556 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR158-02
  • Description: This hunting flute melodies improvised by the player as he sits iutside the hut of a dead friend have a strange fascination. They are played, they said, during the burial feast or wake. A woman can be crying in the background as in mourning. The method of blowing this pipe is interesting. The open, square cut end to the bamboo pipe is partly closed by the tongue, the wind being expelled out of the side of the mouth across the edge of the bamboo. The tongue is used to give a vibrato effect but the purity of tone is marred by the strong edge tone. These tunes, they say, are frequently used for lamenting the dead, and the player will sit all night outside the hut of his dead friend, improvising flute tunes throughout the hours of darkness. Ilonge end blown flutes.
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Kikobole kiluba (To charm a woman)

- Mwanjila Nsolo, Hugh Tracey

Komeka mwana sita losa mwana

- Singolile Mwamalundi with Nyakyusa men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Singolile Mwamalundi with Nyakyusa men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Nyakyusa (African people) , Zaramo (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kiwira f-tz
  • Language: Nyakyusa , Zaramo
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175381 , vital:42570 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR158-12
  • Description: The raft zither is made out of eight palm midribs joined together. The string is continous being tuned from the high note downwards by straining the first then making up the slack in the second and so on. The tuning therefore is apt to be uncertain but conforms to the general mode. The music of the Pango is accompanied by dancing by three men, one having small bell rattles (Nzisi). When the player makes a pizzicato all the dancers bend down and make a 'ha-aa' sound in rhythm. The raft zither is about 22 inches long between the bridges. A cheerful song sung at the wedding by young men, on the same principa as the best man's kissing the bride. "Divorce your husband, I want to marry you." Tuning:- 352, 332, 296, 252, 212, 166, 198. This tuning is unusal in that the 7th note is higher than the 6th instead of being the lowest on the zither. One Kinanda dance for men and women, with Pango 7 string Raft Zither and Ngisi bells.
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Mama mapa halole ngingi mainda a

- Ramazani Mfaumbe, Zaramo boys, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Mitamba yalagala kumchuzi

- Mashaka kawambwa, Zaramo men, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Mitamba yalagala kumchuzi Part 1

- Kitamba Kilaka and Mashaka Kawambwa, Zaramo young men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Mitamba yalagala kumchuzi Part 2

- Kitamba Kilaka and Mashaka Kawambwa, Zaramo young men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Mitambu yalagala kemchuzi Part I and II

- Mashaka, Kawambwa, Kitamba, Kilaka, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Mitambu yalagala kumchuzi Part I

- Mashaka Kawambwa, and Kitamba Kilaka with Zaramo men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Mashaka Kawambwa, and Kitamba Kilaka with Zaramo men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Nyakyusa (African people) , Zaramo (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Dar-es-Salaam f-tz
  • Language: Nyakyusa , Zaramo
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175430 , vital:42576 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR158-17
  • Description: 1 x - 14.52104 -; 4 x - 14.25103 -; 4 x - 14.02101 -. This set of 9 drums was very carefully tuned before playing particularly the four small goblet drums which were played by one man and were tuned approximately to 840, 672, 568, 464 vs. Between items the drums would be taken to a fire, wetted and returned by heat, but naturally the tuning can only be approximately correct. If the above tuning was correct the intervals would be approximately 386, 291, 350 cents or about a 7th in all. The drums were made from wood of the Mukongo tree. Madogoli dance song for men and women, with 5 Goblet pegged and footed drums, 4 cylindrical pegged drums and tin rattles (-12.54-).
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Mitambu yalagala kumchuzi Part II

- Mashaka Kawambwa, and Kitamba Kilaka with Zaramo men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Mashaka Kawambwa, and Kitamba Kilaka with Zaramo men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Nyakyusa (African people) , Zaramo (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Dar-es-Salaam f-tz
  • Language: Nyakyusa , Zaramo
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175435 , vital:42577 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR158-18
  • Description: In this recording the rhythm of the four small goblet drums set against the single bass drum can be clearly distinguished. 1 x - 14.52104 -; 4 x - 14.25103 -; 4 x - 14.02101 -. This set of 9 drums was very carefully tuned before playing particularly the four small goblet drums which were played by one man and were tuned approximately to 840, 672, 568, 464 vs. Between items the drums would be taken to a fire, wetted and returned by heat, but naturally the tuning can only be approximately correct. If the above tuning was correct the intervals would be approximately 386, 291, 350 cents or about a 7th in all. The drums were made from wood of the Mukongo tree. Madogoli dance song for men and women, with 5 Goblet pegged and footed drums, 4 cylindrical pegged drums and tin rattles (-12.54-).
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Mjinga masikiyo uzibe

- Pembe Selemani and Zaramo young men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Pembe Selemani and Zaramo young men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Nyakyusa (African people) , Zaramo (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kiwira f-tz
  • Language: Nyakyusa , Zaramo
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175389 , vital:42571 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR158-13
  • Description: "If you wish to marry a girl from another village you should follow the advice of that village who know her well. Ignore things that appear to be untrue." Each player playes one flute only, except the treble who holds 3 loose pipes. The embouchure of the flutes is cut a double angle, the shorter side being pressed to the lower lip. The players stand in a circle and follow each others pipes after the fashion of bell ringers. The tuning was as follows:- 584, 520, 440, 392, 336, 292. Giving a pentatonic scale. The total range was just over two octaves. Pipe dance, with Viyanzi verticle flute, 2 fiction sticks (-12.61-) and tin rattles (-12.54-).
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Mjinga masikiyo uzibe

- Pembe, Selemani, Zaramo boys, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Mjinga Masikiyo Uzibe

- Pembe, Selemani, Zaramo boys, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Mjinga masikiyo uzibe

- Pembe Selemani, Zaramo young men, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Mshatulo kwenda ovyo

- Kitamba Kilaka and Mashaka Kawambwa, Zaramo young men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Mshatulo Kwenda Ovyo

- Mashaka, Kawambwa, Kitamba, Kilaka, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Mshatulo kwenda ovyo

- Mashaka Kawambwa, and Kitamba Kilaka with Zaramo men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Mashaka Kawambwa, and Kitamba Kilaka with Zaramo men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Nyakyusa (African people) , Zaramo (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Dar-es-Salaam f-tz
  • Language: Nyakyusa , Zaramo
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175448 , vital:42578 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR158-19
  • Description: The clear sound of these drums suggests metal rather than membrane tone. The membranes had been tightened almost to breaking point over the fire. A tape fault can be heard near the beginning of this item. 1 x - 14.52104 -; 4 x - 14.25103 -; 4 x - 14.02101 -. This set of 9 drums was very carefully tuned before playing particularly the four small goblet drums which were played by one man and were tuned approximately to 840, 672, 568, 464 vs. Between items the drums would be taken to a fire, wetted and returned by heat, but naturally the tuning can only be approximately correct. If the above tuning was correct the intervals would be approximately 386, 291, 350 cents or about a 7th in all. The drums were made from wood of the Mukongo tree. Madogoli dance song for men and women, with 5 Goblet pegged and footed drums, 4 cylindrical pegged drums and tin rattles (-12.54-).
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Mshatulo kwenda ovyo

- Kitamba Kilaka and Mashaka Kawambwa, Zaramo young men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Pango

- Mwanyingile Mwakapalila and Mwambubile Kapuguso, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Mwanyingile Mwakapalila and Mwambubile Kapuguso , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Nyakyusa (African people) , Zaramo (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kiwira f-tz
  • Language: Nyakyusa , Zaramo
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175363 , vital:42568 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR158-10
  • Description: The raft zither is made out of eight palm midribs joined together. The string is continous being tuned from the high note downwards by straining the first then making up the slack in the second and so on. The tuning therefore is apt to be uncertain but conforms to the general mode. The music of the Pango is accompanied by dancing by three men, one having small bell rattles (Nzisi). When the player makes a pizzicato all the dancers bend down and make a 'ha-aa' sound in rhythm. The raft zither is about 22 inches long between the bridges. Tuning:- 352, 332, 296, 252, 212, 166, 198. This tuning is unusal in that the 7th note is higher than the 6th instead of being the lowest on the zither. Nganya dance tune for men and women.
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Title not specified

- Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

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