Likhuba (Drum Rhythm)

Title: Likhuba (Drum Rhythm)
Performer / Recordist: Bauleni Zhuau with 3 other drummers; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Arts, Malawi; Songs, Nyanja; Nyanja (African people); Folk music; Africa Malawi Chiphwembwe village, Port Herald District
Description / content note: The leader plays five and sometimes six drums, the next plays numbers' six and seven, and two players the bass drums numbers' eight and nine. The tuning of the drums was as follows; Nduisi 162, Usonjo 132, Ntewe 118, Ngunte (pitch uncertain, possibly 97 vs.) 9 tuned Likhuba drums. Conical, pegged, weighted.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyanja; Mang'anja
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1958
Date issued / published: 1958
Identifier: TR089; 12
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:13
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/10962/156108