Mali ta kangana

Title: Mali ta kangana
Performer / Recordist: Joseph Lidza; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Bangba (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: The tuning of this little Nile valley harp is interesting, viz:- 396, 324, 292, 252, 224, vs. as it does not cover a complete octave which is more usual with other harps of this design. Presumably had there been a sixth string it would have been tuned to 198 the lower octave of the top note thus giving a pentatonic scale. Self delectation song with Bonguma horizontal, arched harp.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Balendu
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Djugu
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1952
Date issued / published: 1952
Identifier: TR0119; 16
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:37
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/10962/166685