Add to ORKGThe instruments played by the Alur are typical of the Congo family of Likembe, or box Mbira. The Alur are one of the great Luo groups of tribes and are found both in Uganda and North East Congo. These two Likembe are an octave apart and sound very well played together, though the singing in the first song is crude in comparison with the delicacy of the accompaniment. The song 'Ndiri' with its brilliant accompaniment was so striking that I recorded it a second time to see what variations the players would employ. Both editions are reproduced on this disc for close comparision. The treble Likembe is called Natine and the bass Minu an octave lower. Topical song with Likembe and a struck stick
For generations up until 1966, the Kabakas (kings) of Buganda in Uganda employed up to fifty musicia...
The Zande are a Sudanic people and are found along the north eastern border of the Congo and Souther...
The mbira, in its several forms, occurs right through the country of the Shona speaking peoples, thr...
The instruments played by the Alur are typical of the Congo family of Likembe, or box Mbira. The Alu...
Topical folk song by Albert Lokwa and friends, accompanied by 2 likembe; the natine (treble) and min...
Indigenous topical folk song with singing, accompanied by a minu likembe mbira (bass) and a natine l...
IIndigenous topical folk song with singing, accompanied by a likembe minu mbira (bass) and a natine ...
These Ngombi Likembe (Mbira) are played with the instrument slung from the players shoulders. They a...
As it is not certain whether the guitar or the likembe version is the original 'Boyaka malinga' a sh...
The eight tunes were recorded by Mr. Hugh Tracey on July 24th, 1952, at Butembo, near Lake Edward, N...
The term ndongo refers to the eight-string bowl lyre of the Baganda, a people that live in the south...
The article, arising from research done in 1972, follows on the author’s series of analyses of the i...
The recordings on which this analysis is based, were made between July 24th and August 7th, 1961, in...
The name of the village means "Two Trees". The end blown flutes were kept for the use of the Pygmies...
The nnanga is a bowed-neck harp found in the Buganda kingdom, located on Lake Victoria in southern U...
For generations up until 1966, the Kabakas (kings) of Buganda in Uganda employed up to fifty musicia...
The Zande are a Sudanic people and are found along the north eastern border of the Congo and Souther...
The mbira, in its several forms, occurs right through the country of the Shona speaking peoples, thr...
The instruments played by the Alur are typical of the Congo family of Likembe, or box Mbira. The Alu...
Topical folk song by Albert Lokwa and friends, accompanied by 2 likembe; the natine (treble) and min...
Indigenous topical folk song with singing, accompanied by a minu likembe mbira (bass) and a natine l...
IIndigenous topical folk song with singing, accompanied by a likembe minu mbira (bass) and a natine ...
These Ngombi Likembe (Mbira) are played with the instrument slung from the players shoulders. They a...
As it is not certain whether the guitar or the likembe version is the original 'Boyaka malinga' a sh...
The eight tunes were recorded by Mr. Hugh Tracey on July 24th, 1952, at Butembo, near Lake Edward, N...
The term ndongo refers to the eight-string bowl lyre of the Baganda, a people that live in the south...
The article, arising from research done in 1972, follows on the author’s series of analyses of the i...
The recordings on which this analysis is based, were made between July 24th and August 7th, 1961, in...
The name of the village means "Two Trees". The end blown flutes were kept for the use of the Pygmies...
The nnanga is a bowed-neck harp found in the Buganda kingdom, located on Lake Victoria in southern U...
For generations up until 1966, the Kabakas (kings) of Buganda in Uganda employed up to fifty musicia...
The Zande are a Sudanic people and are found along the north eastern border of the Congo and Souther...
The mbira, in its several forms, occurs right through the country of the Shona speaking peoples, thr...