Musengu

Title: Musengu
Creator: Saini Murira, Chingaipa Madzikuminga and Zhogi Muzengedza
Creator: Hugh Tracey
Subject: Folk music--Africa
Subject: Field recordings
Subject: Arts, Malawi
Subject: Songs, Sena
Subject: Songs, Tonga (Nyasa)
Subject: Tonga (Zambezi people)
Subject: Sena (African people)
Subject: Folk music
Subject: Africa Zimbabwe Mkota, Mtoko District f-rh
Date Issued: 1958
Date: 1958
Type: sound recordings
Type: field recordings
Type: sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156559
Identifier: vital:40020
Identifier: International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Identifier: TR091-15
Description: A lovely and typical melody of the district in this north eastern section of Southern Rhodesia. The Matebe were played without their deme resonators. The range of these instruments is over 3 octaves. When he heard himself on the recording the leader Sani said, "I can die now, it does not matter, because I am inside that (record) now." "Why are you not consistent? You say one thing today and another tomorrow." Range of the instrument:- 79 to 688 vs. 3 octaves - 148. Mondoro song for ancestral rites with 3 Matebe dza Mondoro.
Format: mp3
Format: 7" Reel
Format: 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
Format: Studer B67 Recorder
Format: Sound Forge V.6
Format: 00:03:00
Publisher: International Library of African Music
Language: Sena
Language: Tonga
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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