Godumaduma gwa Mosadi

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Title: Godumaduma gwa Mosadi
Performer / Recordist: Modiseng; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Tswana; Tswana (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: There are 4 sets of single end-blown pipes, 4 in each. From 1120 vs. to 93 vs. Each set covers a fifth only and is an octave lower than the one above. All notes bearing approximately the same relationship. Treble pipes are called Metenyane, Alto pipes are called Dinikwana, Tenor pipes are called Meporo, Bass pipes are called Meporo e metelele. Intervals: 259. 240. 209 cents. Total 708 cents. These copper and iron pipes are stopped with wood. In Bechuanaland, the pipes are made of reed-Matlhaka. These two flute tunes were recorded eleven years earlier than the other items on this side. Flute tune.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Tswana; Lete
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa -- South Africa Maraisburg
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1948
Date issued / published: 1948
Identifier: TR0117; 8
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:25
File format: wav
Sample Rate: 15 ips reel
Provenance: 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/10962/166275

Item sets: Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series

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