Banana bana Kayata (Field Card)

Name: Banana bana Kayata (Field Card)
Author: Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977

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Field of Interest: World Music
Copyright Message: Material sourced from the International Library of African Music. Copyright International Library of African Music.
Description: The percussion noise is made by beating two pieces of metal onto the side of the drum. The friction drum is a simple membrane drum with the lower end open. The stick is pierced through a hole in the center of the membrane and hangs inside the body of the drum being suitably attached to the membrane by small cross pieces pierced through the stick itself. The player usually sits on the ground with the drum resting on his legs, the open end toward his body. Having moistened his hands or sometimes a cloth) with water he sets the membrane in vibration by the friction of his hands pulling the stick downwards towards him. In this way a roaring sound is made and rhythms produced by alternating the stroke between the two hands. It is essential to keep the two hands wet, having the same effect as resin on a violin bow.
Content Type: Field notes
Anthropologist / Ethnographer: Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Format: Text
Sub Genre: Song
Page Count: 2
Series Number: TR184
Subject: World Music, Anthropology, Music & Performing Arts, Social Sciences, Africa, Cultural anthropology, Song, Drum, África, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Mongu, Western Province (Zambia)
Keywords and Translated Subjects: África, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural