Mere

Title: Mere
Performer / Recordist: Nasuti Social Club; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Music--Uganda; Soga (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "You should always trust in God and not be proud of yourself without thinking of him." The eight Budongo Likembe were in three pitches each an octave apart. (1) Th treble - Mbaire, (2) The baritone - Ndumi, (3) The bass - Nene. The common scale was as follows:- 656, 560, 496, 432, 368, 328 vs. Religious song, with 8 Budongo 11 note Likembe and a Nsaasi flat tin rattle (-12.54-).
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Soga
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Uganda Iganga
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1952
Date issued / published: 1952
Identifier: TR140; 6
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:41
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/10962/171207