Ngoma ya kare I, Death comes not always first to the first born

Title: Ngoma ya kare I, Death comes not always first to the first born
Performer / Recordist: Zhanke Masingi; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Folk music--Zimbabwe; Folk songs, Ndau; Ndau (African people); Field recordings
Description / content note: The Mbira is not played from the dance itself, these two tunes being taken from the melodies used by the dancers. The tumbling dance of these Ndau people is very popular at the mines of Johannesburg. The tuning of the Mbira was:- 368, 328, 288, 252, 216, 202, 184 v.s. Dance tune for Mandowa tumbling dance with Mbira dza WaNdau
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Ndau
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Zimbabwe Makulane
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1954
Date issued / published: 1954
Identifier: TR176; 13
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:23
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/10962/181807