Elija

Title: Elija
Performer / Recordist: Joshua Omwami and John Manyasi; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Kenya; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: The lyre was played horizontally with the right hand plucking the group of four strings and near the bridge. The left hand extended to pluck the group of 3 strings near the crossbar. The scale was:- 416, 352, 304, 268, 248, 232, 208 vs. The lyre is used more as a rhythmic base rather than melodic instrument, though the player can and indeed frequently does play the melody. Praise song, with Litungu lyre, 7 string leg bells and gourd rattle (-12.54-).
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Luya
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Kenya Bunyore
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR162; 7
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:46
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/10962/176554