- Title
- Wapezia wamabela
- Creator
- Mugabe Bin Maganga with Nyamwezi men and women
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Nyamwezi (African people)
- Subject
- Folk music
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Subject
- Africa Tanzania Tabora f-tz
- Date Issued
- 1950
- Date
- 1950
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173110
- Identifier
- vital:42332
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR149-01
- Description
- The three large drums were slung from a crossbar and were played by three drummers with sticks. The third player, the one who played the deepest noted drum would also hit the edge of his drum, whose membrane measured 32" across. The drummers said that there were two kinds of rhythm or styles of playing these large drums. The one called Lugaya was for welcoming important guests and the other Igubule was for honouring the chief. The overall sizes of these drums were:- 1. 32" diam. membrane, 4' 1" tall. 2. 22 1/2" diam. membrane, 3' 7" tall. 3. 17 3/4" diam. membrane, 2' 11" tall. Igubule greeting song for a chief, 3 Lugaya conical drums.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:02:37
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Nyamwezi
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Ceative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)
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