Peter Cooke Uganda Collection

Tuning of Endongo bowl lyre

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  • Type

    sound

  • Duration

    00:01:25

  • Cultures

    Ganda

  • Shelf mark

    C23/46

  • Recording date

    1988-10-20

  • Is part of (Collection)

    Peter Cooke Uganda Recordings

  • Recording locations

    Fieldworker's home, 11 Hillpark Way, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

  • Performers

    Ssempeke, Albert (endongo)

  • Recordist

    Cooke, Peter

  • Description

    Item note: Information on Ganda musical pitch. Performance note: Ssempeke begins to lay the pitches of the lyre in scale formations but retunes them when finding out they are out of tune. Much octave testing. Starts to play a song but stops to retune again. Recording note: Recorded with Stellavox 2 track stereo and Sennheiser MD421 microphones. Recordist's note: In Peter Cooke's notes, this is PCUG88.21.4.

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Tuning of Endongo bowl lyre

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