Shangara pa chikaranga

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Title: Shangara pa chikaranga
Performer / Recordist: Stephen R. Gumbo; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Folk music--Zimbabwe; Karanga (African people); Folk songs, Shona; Folk music; Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria, Southern Rhodesia
Description / content note: The player has taken a Nyasa instrument instead of the local Njari. He explained he found the smaller instrument easier to play inspite of the fact that it had only half the number of notes. He claimed he had tuned it the same as the Njari but in point of fact his scale was one note short appearing to be hexatonic whereas his tribe is known to be heptatonic. The missing note is clearly situated between 212 and 260 vs and might have been approximately 234 to 238 vibrations per second. Humorous song with Mbira.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Shona; Karanga
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1958
Date issued / published: 1958
Identifier: TR080; 3
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:03:05
File format: wav
Sample Rate: 15 ips reel
Digitisation (original): 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo; Studer B67 Recorder; Sound Forge V.6
Rights Holder: International Library of African Music
License: CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Access Rights: Public
Is Part Of: ILAM Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series
Format: audio/mp3
Genre: field recordings
handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154132

Item sets: Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series

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