Luma

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Title: Luma
Performer / Recordist: Atokwe with Bamba men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Music--Uganda; Nyoro (African people); Nyankole (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: The Luma flute dances are a popular recreation in this district which lies under the foot of the Ruwenzori mountain, near its north west end. All the players of this ensemble were prisoners whom the local Ssaza chief let out of custody especially to play for this recording. The names of the seven pipes used:- from high to low pitch 1. Kyenuma, 2. Kyegira, 3. Sikuse, 4. Pee, 5. Kwigirize, 6. Kyigira Kike, 7. Chahomya. Luma flute ensemble x7 and one conical drum laced, single, played with sticks.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyoro; Nyankole
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Uganda Bundibugyo
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR0136; 3
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:15
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/10962/170391

Item sets: Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series

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