The British Library The British Library Tuning of xylophone (1) C0023X0052XX-01 C23/52 Item note: Info on pitch perception. Throughout the tuning process of this instrument Ssebuwufu used a plastic notched flute of the size known among Ganda royal musicians as ensaasi. The flute had been made by Ssebuwufu's late colleague Blasio Busuulwa (former member of the abalere ba Kabaka (flutists of the King) formerly an instrument maker also at ITEK). Ssebuwufu used this flute as a standard tuning reference for all xylophones made at ITEK. Ssebuwu used it frequently to check pitches as will be heard on this and subsequent recordings. Performance note: The session concludes with the fieldworker demonstrating practically how the second harmonic of the lowest key can be tuned to agree better with the fundamental pitch of the same key. Performer's note: Former member of the royal akadinda team, now instrument maker at ITEK. Recording note: Stereo digital recordings were made using a Sony DAT Walkman machine on cassettes mostly of two hours duration with Sennheiser omnidirectional microphones. Recordist's note: In Peter Cooke's notes, this is PCUG92.1.1 (PGM 01-08). Ganda sound Info on pitch perception Ssebuwufu, Simeo (ensaasi) Cooke, Peter 1992-01-24 Music Department, Institute of Teacher Education, Kyambogo, Kampala, Uganda Peter Cooke Uganda Recordings 96000 24 00:05:16 96000 24 00:05:16 44100 16 192 kbps 00:05:16 44100 16 128 kbps