Add to ORKG"People born in Uganda should love each other." The tuning with the Endongo lyre in the order of strings from lowest to highest in position of playing is as follows:- 448, 528, 592, 264, 224, 340, 296, 404. The lyre is held with the strings horizontal with the left hand plucking from above, the right hand from below. The order of strings is irregular, but traditionally constant in their placing. Topical song, with Endongo bowl lyre with 8 strings, Ndingidi one string bowed lute, and one Ntenga conical drum, laced, single
The singer praises the people of the Mamba clan, for surely this is the clan where he found his wife...
"When Onyiego Obara invited me to play my lyre at his house there was a large audience. I was surpri...
Topical folk song by Evaristo Muyinda and Yakobo Ssweakirya, accompanied by 2 endongo eight stringed...
The term ndongo refers to the eight-string bowl lyre of the Baganda, a people that live in the south...
This lyre is strummed and fingered like the Bangwe zither of Nyasaland. The right hand strums the st...
The Ketuba 8 string lyre has the same order of notes as the Thum played by the luo people to the wes...
This lyre is strummed like a guitar with the right hand, the left hand stopping the five strings, li...
Performers such as these on the lute and lyres are in great demand in Uganda where they still fulfil...
This lyre is strummed like a guitar with the right hand, the left hand stopping the five strings, li...
This lyre is strummed like a guitar with the right hand, the left hand stopping the five strings, li...
The lyre was played horizontally with the right hand plucking the group of four strings and near the...
The nnanga is a bowed-neck harp found in the Buganda kingdom, located on Lake Victoria in southern U...
The player flips the bridge of the lyre with a finger tip as he plays. The song is largely a repetit...
The instrument was re-tuned for this song at a slightly higher pitch than for some of his other song...
The strings of the short lyre are only 13", those of the long are 28"-30". This song was composed in...
The singer praises the people of the Mamba clan, for surely this is the clan where he found his wife...
"When Onyiego Obara invited me to play my lyre at his house there was a large audience. I was surpri...
Topical folk song by Evaristo Muyinda and Yakobo Ssweakirya, accompanied by 2 endongo eight stringed...
The term ndongo refers to the eight-string bowl lyre of the Baganda, a people that live in the south...
This lyre is strummed and fingered like the Bangwe zither of Nyasaland. The right hand strums the st...
The Ketuba 8 string lyre has the same order of notes as the Thum played by the luo people to the wes...
This lyre is strummed like a guitar with the right hand, the left hand stopping the five strings, li...
Performers such as these on the lute and lyres are in great demand in Uganda where they still fulfil...
This lyre is strummed like a guitar with the right hand, the left hand stopping the five strings, li...
This lyre is strummed like a guitar with the right hand, the left hand stopping the five strings, li...
The lyre was played horizontally with the right hand plucking the group of four strings and near the...
The nnanga is a bowed-neck harp found in the Buganda kingdom, located on Lake Victoria in southern U...
The player flips the bridge of the lyre with a finger tip as he plays. The song is largely a repetit...
The instrument was re-tuned for this song at a slightly higher pitch than for some of his other song...
The strings of the short lyre are only 13", those of the long are 28"-30". This song was composed in...
The singer praises the people of the Mamba clan, for surely this is the clan where he found his wife...
"When Onyiego Obara invited me to play my lyre at his house there was a large audience. I was surpri...
Topical folk song by Evaristo Muyinda and Yakobo Ssweakirya, accompanied by 2 endongo eight stringed...