Chansi cha nzige
- 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 Dar-es-Salaam f-tz
- Language: Nyakyusa , Zaramo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175399 , vital:42572 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR158-14
- Description: "Locusts come in groups like the seven stars (the Pleiades). If you want to taste sugar cane you should eat it." 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-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- 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 Dar-es-Salaam f-tz
- Language: Nyakyusa , Zaramo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175399 , vital:42572 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR158-14
- Description: "Locusts come in groups like the seven stars (the Pleiades). If you want to taste sugar cane you should eat it." 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-).
- Full Text: false
- 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-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- 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-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
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