Harusi I

Title: Harusi I
Performer / Recordist: Ngayamiso Kitunga; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Zinza (African people); Rundi (African people); Nyamwezi (African people); Folk songs, Rundi; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: Tunes played at weddings. The instrument was new and the notes not well hammered so the tone of the instrument was not as good as it might have been. Nevertheless the music is attractive. The tuning from left to right was:- 448, 372, 320, 244, 208, 168, 122, 244, 284, 336, 372, 416, 488 giving a heptatonic scale of:- 488, 448, 416, 372, 336, 320, 284, 244 vs. These items were recorded at Itetemia, the village of Chief N. S. Fundikira. Wedding tune, with Malimba Likembe.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyamwezi
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania Tabora
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR148; 1
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:21
File format: wav
Sample Rate: 15 ips reel
Provenance: 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/10962/172914