Ayalero makulata

Title: Ayalero makulata
Performer / Recordist: Fainos Gasa; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Ngoni (African people); Arts, Malawi; Folk music; Africa Malawi Dedza and Chewa District, Nyasaland
Description / content note: Scale: 300, 324, 352, 388, 416, 440, 464 vs. This scale seems to be an arbitrary one, the progressive intervals in cents being: 133, 144, 168, 121, 97 and 92. The words have little meaning to anyone but the singer himself. Self delectative song with Bangwe board Zither.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Ngoni
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1959
Date issued / published: 1959
Identifier: TR084; 8
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:17
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/10962/154874