- Title
- Mandowa (Part 1)
- Creator
- Zhuake Masingi (Performer)
- Creator
- Composer not specified
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Folk dance music
- Subject
- Instrumental music
- Subject
- Mbira
- Subject
- Africa Mozambique Makulane f-mz
- Date Issued
- 1954
- Date
- 1954
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/131956
- Identifier
- vital:36777
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR003-01 Research No. G1A-5-6
- Identifier
- Research No. G1A-5-6
- Description
- The mbira is not used during the dance itself, but the melodies have been taken from the dance songs. The Mandowa acrobatic dance is very popular in the mine compounds of the Witswatersrand. The origin of all 4 tunes in the Makulane district, near Nova Mambone, which lies along the south of the mouth of the Sabi (or Save) river. The tuning of the mbira was as follows:- 368, 328, 252, 216, 202, 184 vs. Four old dance tunes for the Mandowa tumbling dance with mbira dza WaNdau.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:01:31
- Format
- Research No. G1A-5-6
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Ndau
- Rights
- International Library of African Music
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)
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