- Title
- Mzeno wa Nyakutowo
- Creator
- Players and dancers of the Migodo of Zavala and Nyakutowo
- Creator
- Boti Mwene
- Creator
- Tracey, Hugh
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Music--Mozambique
- Subject
- Folk songs, Chopi
- Subject
- Chopi (African people)
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Subject
- Africa Mozambique Zavala f-mz
- Date Issued
- 1963
- Date
- 1963
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/190192
- Identifier
- vital:44972
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR197-05
- Description
- It is interesting to note that the tuning of this Timbila orchestra has remained virtually unchanged for the past 23 years since I first measured it. In 1940 the tonic was 4 vs. higher and except for the fourth note of the present scale which is 8 vs, sharp the pitch of the rest of the scale is almost identical with that of Katini, the famous musician and leader of Zavala's Timbila Ngodo between 1930-1950 (see "Chopi musicians" by Hugh Tracey. Oxford University Press) In this movement of the Ngodo, Mzeno, the dancers come nearer the orchestra of Timbila and sing the 'great song' repeating each verse twice. At 3m. 45s., the dance leader whistles for the last verse, which starts at 3,. 55s. The tuning 496, 448, 408, 372, 328, 304, 276, 248 vs. Dance with orchestra of 15 Timbila and 4 Njele rattles.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:04:17
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Chopi
- 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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