Musengu

Title: Musengu
Performer / Recordist: Murira, Madzikununga, Muzengedza and Madero; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Folk music--Zimbabwe; Sena (African people); Tonga (Zambezi people); Folk music; Africa Zimbabwe Mtoko, Southern Rhodesia
Description / content note: The leader starts the tune the second part coming in at 15 seconds, and the third at 27 seconds. Yodelling of this nature is typical of many South Rhodesian folk tunes. The drum comes in at 1m. 27s. and the drummer hits the body of the drum as well as the membrane. Mondoro song for ancestral rites with 3 Matebe dza Mondoro (Mbira) and a drum.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Tonga; Sena
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1958
Date issued / published: 1958
Identifier: TR085; 1
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:03:06
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/10962/155127