Malume gasimba chilumenda
Item
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Title
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Malume gasimba chilumenda
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Description / content note
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"Whenever there is a dance men are always jealous of their wives." This Ilimba, a 20 note box mbira was locally made with notes of umbrella rib. It had a number of extra notes, eleven mounted in between the left and right hand series but these were not used. The mirliton membrane on the face of the instrument made it possible to hear the very low frequencies of the deep bass notes, which would otherwise have been lost. The tuning is as follows:- 536, 464, 404, 332, 268 vs. Its range extended from 640 to 55 vs or three and a half ocatves. Its deep bass notes are among the lowest to be found on any Mbira type of instrument. Song with 20 note Ilimba Mbira.
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Publisher
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International Library of African Music (ILAM)
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Date issued / published
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1950
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Identifier
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TR154
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12
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Is Format Of
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Analog reel item
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Duration (time)
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00:02:41
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File format
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wav
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Sample Rate
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15 ips reel
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Digitisation (original)
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96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
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Studer B67 Recorder
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Sound Forge V.6
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Rights Holder
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International Library of African Music
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License
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CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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Access Rights
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Public
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Is Part Of
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ILAM Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series
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Format
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audio/mp3
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Genre
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field recordings