Jamagara

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Title: Jamagara
Performer / Recordist: Odongo with Dhola men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Chopi; Jopadhola (African people); Teso (African people); Music--Uganda; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: This set of xylophone notes is played by five men, two on the one side and there on the other side of the notes which lie on their banana supports between them. The players beat the ends of the notes, not their centres, and if they slip out of place they are pushed back by the players on either side. The notes are made of Isambya wood. These xylophones are played at funeral and other parties especially for the older folk. The leader is called Jachiogo and the other players Jegini. Kwabyalumbe dance tunes with Ndara 13 note xylophone.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Adhola
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Uganda Lukiko
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR0130; 4
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:12
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/10962/169228

Item sets: Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series

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