Ebi

Title: Ebi
Performer / Recordist: Abangba men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Bangba (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: Gudu-gudu and Ndima are Lingala names for the drums. Gulu and Ngabi are their Abangba names. Bagwase-axe or hoe blades. The instruments were introduced in turns. First, a slit drum; second, a slit drum; a conical drum; fourth, a conical drum; fifth, a conical drum (played with 1 stick and one hand); sixth, pieces of iron. Drum rhythms for the Ebi dance. Two Gudu-gudu slit drums and 3 Ndima conical drums, laced and closed and 2 axe blades (-12.183-).
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Bangba
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Niangara
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1952
Date issued / published: 1952
Identifier: TR0118; 3
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:46
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/10962/166426