Musingasingu yakora egali I

Title: Musingasingu yakora egali I
Performer / Recordist: Misaki Muswankuli and Ruli men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Music--Uganda; Nyoro (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: In this record the players were brought in and out one after the other to show how the music is built up. The three players sitting on the one side of the xylophone, the 'leader', the 'wife and the man' all play the same melody in the three octaves. The player on the opposite side, the 'mixer' plays a contra-melody. Each can be distinctly heard in the record. Ntara dance with Ntara xylophone, 16 loose notes on temporary banana stalk supports.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyoro
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Uganda Kigumba Gombolole
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR0133; 9
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:14
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/10962/169838