Kalumampetha (The bird pecking)

Title: Kalumampetha (The bird pecking)
Performer / Recordist: Katunga and Mailoso (8 and 6 years old). Son and nephew of the chief; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Arts, Malawi; Songs, Nyanja; Nyanja (African people); Folk music; Africa Malawi Chikwawa District
Description / content note: Mpheta is said to be a kind of small river or reed bird (unidentified). The tuning of the xylophone is as follows; 832, 624, 576, 480, 424, 384, 312, 288, 240, 212. Tune without lyrics, Magogodo xylophone, lose notes.
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; 17
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:00:42
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/10962/156168