A Yotamu amati andimange (Field Card)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR191 (1950) , 2 page(s)
Details
- Field of Interest
- World Music
- Copyright Message
- Material sourced from the International Library of African Music. Copyright International Library of African Music.
- Description
- "Yotamu wanted the chief to imprison me." Note in the second song how the player sings, not in unison with his instrument, but in parallel with it. Tuning:— 792, 720, 592, 536, 476, 456, 396, 360, 296, 228. The player learnt his playing from a Nshenga at Fort Jameson called Jeremia Phiri in 1931. The apparent over-modulation of the voice seems to be caused by the vibration of the mirliton buzzer.
- Content Type
- Field notes
- Anthropologist / Ethnographer
- Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
- Format
- Text
- Sub Genre
- Song
- Page Count
- 2
- Series Number
- TR191
- Subject
- World Music, Anthropology, Music & Performing Arts, Social Sciences, Africa, Cultural anthropology, Song, Mbira, Kalimba, Central Region (Malawi)