In the last issue of the Journal I gave some details of an eight-keyed Lunda Kalendi with the tuning and the harmonic framework of the music. Since then I have been able to write down the variations. I am greatly indebted to Mr. Noah Kambidima, the owner of this kalendi who has not only spent a great deal of time helping me to write down his music but also lent me his instrument to practise upon so that I could learn to play the music myself
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There are two main types of xylophone in Buganda, the most important of the kingdoms north of Lake V...
In October, 1953, I sent to the British Museum parts of a tripartite musical apparatus used by the M...
The three main characteristics of Bantu music are its rhythm, its repetitiveness (fascinating, but a...
In the 1965 issue of this Journal, I gave some details of the music and tuning of two Zambian kalumb...
The impression that distinct and sophisticated composition rules are at work in Kiganda music is sus...
The music quoted in this article was played to me by Leonard Kembe, who is one of the few educated Z...
The kalimba described here is one used by the Lunda people in the North Western Province of Northern...
The kalumbu or musical bow is probably found more often than any other indigenous instrument in Zamb...
Over a period of many years musicologists have interested themselves in the Akadinda and Amadinda te...
Once I got the opportunity to go to Zambia to conduct field research and stay with the Lala people f...
The recordings on which this analysis is based, were made between July 24th and August 7th, 1961, in...
In the last five years there has been a growing interest in Kiganda music and particularly in Kigand...
It has become commonplace today to invoke the word improvisation when discussing the soloistic melod...
The physical part of this study is very interesting, on the way in which the instrument kundi can be...
A primer of practical suggestions for field research for the Codification and Textbook Project has r...
There are two main types of xylophone in Buganda, the most important of the kingdoms north of Lake V...
In October, 1953, I sent to the British Museum parts of a tripartite musical apparatus used by the M...
The three main characteristics of Bantu music are its rhythm, its repetitiveness (fascinating, but a...