Add to ORKG"A soilder of Ngbazu (Chief Gatanga's father) reported to Ngbazua's elder brother Dagatanga, also a Chief that Ngbzua would not listen to Dagatanga's advice. Dagatanga was offended and the incident gave rise to much trouble." The tuning of the harp includes five notes of a pentatonic scale, the octave above the tonic being omitted. These Zande harp songs seem to slide into an informal start, the singers taking their time into the swing of the melody. Topical song, vertical angular Kundi harp, 5 strings
This meat affair goes on and on. Nakatanga took the singer's meat and ate it. Then Nakatanga went of...
"He took a wife chosen from amongst the girls of his own village, when she was very young, but anoth...
A praise song in honour of the singer's father who was a well-to-do man of the ruling class in this ...
Eriya Bakwasa is an expert on the playing of the traditional horizontal harp. In this song he sings ...
"There was a man who loved Mugai, daughter of a Chief and wanted to marry her. But she refused him. ...
"Wherever he went he found people talking ill of him.Why, he asks, should they do so about an innoce...
"There was a certain magician who declared that a lion could be killed by the bare hands alone. No o...
The tuning of this little Nile valley harp is interesting, viz:- 396, 324, 292, 252, 224, vs. as it ...
"I made this song for a friend who was not my brother." The tuning of the harp was:- 352, 324, 288, ...
"I am afraid of being beaten." The instrument is the 5 stringed Bonguma horizontal, arched harp, the...
The tuning of this little Nile valley harp is interesting, viz:- 396, 324, 292, 252, 224, vs. as it ...
It is interesting to note the apparent differences in tone between the scale of the harp and the voi...
It is interesting to note the apparent differences in tone between the scale of the harp and the voi...
The story, of Ganga, one of a previous Kabaka's palace guards who 'stole some meat' and had the firs...
Unlike most harps of this design, this one was held upright with the point of the body on the perfor...
This meat affair goes on and on. Nakatanga took the singer's meat and ate it. Then Nakatanga went of...
"He took a wife chosen from amongst the girls of his own village, when she was very young, but anoth...
A praise song in honour of the singer's father who was a well-to-do man of the ruling class in this ...
Eriya Bakwasa is an expert on the playing of the traditional horizontal harp. In this song he sings ...
"There was a man who loved Mugai, daughter of a Chief and wanted to marry her. But she refused him. ...
"Wherever he went he found people talking ill of him.Why, he asks, should they do so about an innoce...
"There was a certain magician who declared that a lion could be killed by the bare hands alone. No o...
The tuning of this little Nile valley harp is interesting, viz:- 396, 324, 292, 252, 224, vs. as it ...
"I made this song for a friend who was not my brother." The tuning of the harp was:- 352, 324, 288, ...
"I am afraid of being beaten." The instrument is the 5 stringed Bonguma horizontal, arched harp, the...
The tuning of this little Nile valley harp is interesting, viz:- 396, 324, 292, 252, 224, vs. as it ...
It is interesting to note the apparent differences in tone between the scale of the harp and the voi...
It is interesting to note the apparent differences in tone between the scale of the harp and the voi...
The story, of Ganga, one of a previous Kabaka's palace guards who 'stole some meat' and had the firs...
Unlike most harps of this design, this one was held upright with the point of the body on the perfor...
This meat affair goes on and on. Nakatanga took the singer's meat and ate it. Then Nakatanga went of...
"He took a wife chosen from amongst the girls of his own village, when she was very young, but anoth...
A praise song in honour of the singer's father who was a well-to-do man of the ruling class in this ...