Kisonge

Title: Kisonge
Performer / Recordist: Mzee Juma with Shirazi men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Folk music--Tanzania; Swahili-speaking peoples; Field recordings
Description / content note: The player takes some time to get into his rhythm. The first tune was played ith the instrument on the ground, the first fingers striking the notes downwards. The second tune was played with the instrument between the palms and plucked with the thumbs in the more usual manner. Instrumental tune, Marimba Madongo.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Swahili
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania Zanzibar
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR171; 8
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:14
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/10962/179947