Add to ORKGThe player flips the bridge of the lyre with a finger tip as he plays. The song is largely a repetition by the chorus of the words 'olei yo lalei yo' a kind of "Hey - nonny - nonny." The singer also brings into his song the names of many places he has visited and likes in common with his audience. Both Kipsigis and Nandi are noted for their patriotism, their love of country as such, which they frequently express in song. This is comparatively rare with Bantu people who do not as a rule praise the beauty of the countryside and are mostly insensitive to scenery. Praise song with Chepkong 6 string bowl lyre
The solo singer singing in falsetto praises his country and many of its desirable places. He mention...
The instrument was re-tuned for this song at a slightly higher pitch than for some of his other song...
"When Onyiego Obara invited me to play my lyre at his house there was a large audience. I was surpri...
This lyre is strummed and fingered like the Bangwe zither of Nyasaland. The right hand strums the st...
The Nandi, like the Kipsigis their relatives, are given to singing praise songs about people and pla...
This kind of song is a favourite with the Kipsigis tribe in which they praise their friends, the cou...
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...
Another praise song, starting with the name of a nearby hill and other places. He also mentions the ...
The 'ey nonny - nonny' words of this song are 'Ho - Jambo Bwana'. "How do you do, Master." This was ...
The Ketuba 8 string lyre has the same order of notes as the Thum played by the luo people to the wes...
The singer like most Kipsigis, hisses in between verses. He mocks the uncircumcised and people who d...
A love song in which English words, 'my darling' have been transmogrified into Kipsigis "maitoling" ...
These long armed lyres are played flat with the bowl resting on the legs or ground and the arms exte...
The Itungu found in the country is a bowl lyre, but this instrument was a box lyre made from scraps ...
The solo singer singing in falsetto praises his country and many of its desirable places. He mention...
The instrument was re-tuned for this song at a slightly higher pitch than for some of his other song...
"When Onyiego Obara invited me to play my lyre at his house there was a large audience. I was surpri...
This lyre is strummed and fingered like the Bangwe zither of Nyasaland. The right hand strums the st...
The Nandi, like the Kipsigis their relatives, are given to singing praise songs about people and pla...
This kind of song is a favourite with the Kipsigis tribe in which they praise their friends, the cou...
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...
Another praise song, starting with the name of a nearby hill and other places. He also mentions the ...
The 'ey nonny - nonny' words of this song are 'Ho - Jambo Bwana'. "How do you do, Master." This was ...
The Ketuba 8 string lyre has the same order of notes as the Thum played by the luo people to the wes...
The singer like most Kipsigis, hisses in between verses. He mocks the uncircumcised and people who d...
A love song in which English words, 'my darling' have been transmogrified into Kipsigis "maitoling" ...
These long armed lyres are played flat with the bowl resting on the legs or ground and the arms exte...
The Itungu found in the country is a bowl lyre, but this instrument was a box lyre made from scraps ...
The solo singer singing in falsetto praises his country and many of its desirable places. He mention...
The instrument was re-tuned for this song at a slightly higher pitch than for some of his other song...
"When Onyiego Obara invited me to play my lyre at his house there was a large audience. I was surpri...