Bia gaza

Title: Bia gaza
Performer / Recordist: Zande men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Zande; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: The conical drums were all called either Gaza or Ndimo (-14-03303-). The slit drum is Gugu or Bugu (-12.183-). The beaters of the conical drums are called Luiringwa Gaza. The method of playing the slit drum is unusual, as the player sits astride his drum and may even rest one leg its length. The small ebony carvings from this district demonstrate this stance. Dance song performed with large wooden slit drum with feet, 3 conical drums, cross laced and double headed, metal hand bells.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Zande; Bandiya
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Nguru
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1952
Date issued / published: 1952
Identifier: TR0123; 10
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:03:02
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/10962/167869