Kariaara

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Title: Kariaara
Performer / Recordist: Shinda Kamwana; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Kikuyu; Kikuyu (African people); Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: The button accordian has recently (1952) made its appearance in this area and largely on account of its ease of playing and the great amount of sound emitted, it has become very popular as an accompanying instrument. Most players are content to use only the simplest chords and as few notes as possible regardless of the melody of the song which the instrument accompanies rhythmically. For the recording the man with his piece of iron and box had to be placed a considerable distance from the microphone. Mamboko dance with accordian and struck iron (-12.16-).
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Kikuyu
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Kenya Kiamuthambi
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR159; 14
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:54
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/10962/175590

Item sets: Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series

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