Hijazai Bashraf

Title: Hijazai Bashraf
Performer / Recordist: Egyptian musical club; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Folk music--Tanzania; Swahili-speaking peoples; Field recordings
Description / content note: Taarab is the name given to an air after the Arab style composed and played Swahili musicians. The name of the club does not reflect its origin which is entirely local and composed of Swahili men all living in Dar-es-Salaam. The Arab 'Oud' is locally called 'Udi'. Instrumental Air, with 1 Oud (Arabic guitar), 3 violins, 1 Mandoline, 1 Kayamba flat grass rattle, 1 earthern ware drum, Damba, 1 Duff tambourine.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Swahili
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania Dar-es-Salaam
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR169; 14
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:33
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/10962/179514