Ngoma drum rhythms

Title: Ngoma drum rhythms
Performer / Recordist: Nhonyi Maluwatu with Gogo women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Gogo (African people); Songs, Gogo; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: The first rhythm was based upon the words of a lullaby "Mwana hai yo hee." "Keep silent my child". The second had no word base. The drums were all played by women standing in a circle with their drums held between their knees. They played with great vitality. The drums varied from about 12" across to small ones of about 3" only. Each type of drum maintained its own rhythm which can be heard i the recording. Ngoma drum rhythms.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Gogo
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania Mvumi
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR154; 7
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:27 / 00:02:30
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/10962/174156