Scale: 300, 324, 352, 388, 416, 440, 464 vs. This scale seems to be an arbitrary one, the progressive intervals in cents being: 133, 144, 168, 121, 97 and 92. The words have little meaning to anyone but the singer himself. Self delectative song with Bangwe board Zither
Simple song in typical Luvale style of a kind which must have been sung for centuries throughhout Af...
"We hear that Bikitara has taken a bus and gone home. And if he should die there we would be very so...
"God is punishing me because all my relatives are dead, and I am left alone." "I met a woman along t...
Scale: 300, 324, 352, 388, 416, 440, 464 vs. This scale seems to be an arbitrary one, the progressiv...
The scale of this instrumet was:- 592, 544, 504, 456, 424, 376, 340, 308, 280, 252, 228 vs. With the...
Likembe songs such as this are the delight of the evening audiences in the huts at night. The subtle...
The tuning of this Mbira was:- 560, 520, 468, 416, 384, 348, 308, 280. Sel delectative song with Mbi...
This song was accompanied on an improved bangwe with rather more reasonance than the locally made bo...
The scale of these two instruments is not clear from these examples. It would appear to be heptatoni...
Simple song in typical Luvale style of a kind which must have been sung for centuries throughhout Af...
"There is an ant which carries a box on its head just as Europeans carry an aeroplane and as a lorry...
This song has heavy mirliton buzzing, but the fourth is clearer as he tightened up the membrane of t...
"You should always trust in God and not be proud of yourself without thinking of him." The eight Bud...
The player was a man about 55 years. His father taught him to play the instrument as a child. Tuning...
The player has taken a Nyasa instrument instead of the local Njari. He explained he found the smalle...
Simple song in typical Luvale style of a kind which must have been sung for centuries throughhout Af...
"We hear that Bikitara has taken a bus and gone home. And if he should die there we would be very so...
"God is punishing me because all my relatives are dead, and I am left alone." "I met a woman along t...
Scale: 300, 324, 352, 388, 416, 440, 464 vs. This scale seems to be an arbitrary one, the progressiv...
The scale of this instrumet was:- 592, 544, 504, 456, 424, 376, 340, 308, 280, 252, 228 vs. With the...
Likembe songs such as this are the delight of the evening audiences in the huts at night. The subtle...
The tuning of this Mbira was:- 560, 520, 468, 416, 384, 348, 308, 280. Sel delectative song with Mbi...
This song was accompanied on an improved bangwe with rather more reasonance than the locally made bo...
The scale of these two instruments is not clear from these examples. It would appear to be heptatoni...
Simple song in typical Luvale style of a kind which must have been sung for centuries throughhout Af...
"There is an ant which carries a box on its head just as Europeans carry an aeroplane and as a lorry...
This song has heavy mirliton buzzing, but the fourth is clearer as he tightened up the membrane of t...
"You should always trust in God and not be proud of yourself without thinking of him." The eight Bud...
The player was a man about 55 years. His father taught him to play the instrument as a child. Tuning...
The player has taken a Nyasa instrument instead of the local Njari. He explained he found the smalle...
Simple song in typical Luvale style of a kind which must have been sung for centuries throughhout Af...
"We hear that Bikitara has taken a bus and gone home. And if he should die there we would be very so...
"God is punishing me because all my relatives are dead, and I am left alone." "I met a woman along t...