Peter Cooke Uganda Collection
Xylophone song
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Type
sound
Duration
00:12:42
Cultures
Gwere
Shelf mark
C23/17
Subjects
Endara (xylophone) song
Recording date
1965-11-04
Is part of (Collection)
Peter Cooke Uganda Recordings
Recording locations
Nabyogo Primary School, Adhola county near Nagongera, Uganda
Performers
Unidentified (bul), Unidentified (endara), Unidentified (fumbo), Xylophone team
Recordist
Cooke, Peter
Description
Item note: Endara (xylophone) song. Performance note: One endara with 14 keys also one bul (drum), one fumbo (long drum). Xylophone keys very large and thick like logs. Tuning taken, Drum player always began with left hand, long drum always began with a steady beat with later variants (accents marking the dance steps). Recording note: Recorded at 3 3/4 ips. Recordist's note: In Peter Cooke's notes, this is PCUG64-8.23.A7 [announced as 17a].
Metadata record:
Xylophone song
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