Add to ORKGThe tuning of this little Nile valley harp is interesting, viz:- 396, 324, 292, 252, 224, vs. as it does not cover a complete octave which is more usual with other harps of this design. Presumably had there been a sixth string it would have been tuned to 198 the lower octave of the top note thus giving a pentatonic scale. Self delectation song with Bonguma horizontal, arched harp
Cotton id one of the best cash crops in this most fertile district and this song concerns the cotton...
It is interesting to note the apparent differences in tone between the scale of the harp and the voi...
Ennatiga (harp) music, Amadinda (xylophone) music, and the music of the royal twelve- drum instrumen...
The tuning of this little Nile valley harp is interesting, viz:- 396, 324, 292, 252, 224, vs. as it ...
"There was a certain magician who declared that a lion could be killed by the bare hands alone. No o...
Unlike most harps of this design, this one was held upright with the point of the body on the perfor...
"A soilder of Ngbazu (Chief Gatanga's father) reported to Ngbazua's elder brother Dagatanga, also a ...
"I am afraid of being beaten." The instrument is the 5 stringed Bonguma horizontal, arched harp, the...
This lyre is strummed like a guitar with the right hand, the left hand stopping the five strings, li...
"I loved a girl but she did not behave well, so now I love her no longer." The instrument is the 5 s...
There is a relatively long history of scholarly interest in the tuning of different musical pitch sy...
Distinctive in shape, size, construction and playing position, the Burmese harp has been traditional...
"Wherever he went he found people talking ill of him.Why, he asks, should they do so about an innoce...
This lyre is strummed like a guitar with the right hand, the left hand stopping the five strings, li...
Eriya Bakwasa is an expert on the playing of the traditional horizontal harp. In this song he sings ...
Cotton id one of the best cash crops in this most fertile district and this song concerns the cotton...
It is interesting to note the apparent differences in tone between the scale of the harp and the voi...
Ennatiga (harp) music, Amadinda (xylophone) music, and the music of the royal twelve- drum instrumen...
The tuning of this little Nile valley harp is interesting, viz:- 396, 324, 292, 252, 224, vs. as it ...
"There was a certain magician who declared that a lion could be killed by the bare hands alone. No o...
Unlike most harps of this design, this one was held upright with the point of the body on the perfor...
"A soilder of Ngbazu (Chief Gatanga's father) reported to Ngbazua's elder brother Dagatanga, also a ...
"I am afraid of being beaten." The instrument is the 5 stringed Bonguma horizontal, arched harp, the...
This lyre is strummed like a guitar with the right hand, the left hand stopping the five strings, li...
"I loved a girl but she did not behave well, so now I love her no longer." The instrument is the 5 s...
There is a relatively long history of scholarly interest in the tuning of different musical pitch sy...
Distinctive in shape, size, construction and playing position, the Burmese harp has been traditional...
"Wherever he went he found people talking ill of him.Why, he asks, should they do so about an innoce...
This lyre is strummed like a guitar with the right hand, the left hand stopping the five strings, li...
Eriya Bakwasa is an expert on the playing of the traditional horizontal harp. In this song he sings ...
Cotton id one of the best cash crops in this most fertile district and this song concerns the cotton...
It is interesting to note the apparent differences in tone between the scale of the harp and the voi...
Ennatiga (harp) music, Amadinda (xylophone) music, and the music of the royal twelve- drum instrumen...