Peter Cooke Uganda Collection

Lango song

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  • Type

    sound

  • Duration

    00:02:07

  • Cultures

    Lango

  • Shelf mark

    C23/76

  • Subjects

    Okeme (lamellophone) songs

  • Recording date

    1997-02-16

  • Is part of (Collection)

    Peter Cooke Uganda Recordings

  • Recording locations

    Bar Twang ("the place for fish"), near Apac, Lira district, Lango, Uganda

  • Performers

    Bar Twang Okeme Group

  • Recordist

    Cooke, Peter

  • Description

    Recording note: Recordings were made with a Sony DAT Walkman model TCD - D8 (kindly loaned by the School of Scottish Studies) machine and a matching single point stereo microphone (Sony ECM 959A which PC purchased shortly before his visit began). Recordist's note: NB. in Peter Cooke's notes this is: PCUG97.4.11. Performance note: With flute (players tuned up to the flute); overmodulated near the start; short; stick beats on box of bass okeme. Drum played using flat of hand as a mute and fingers of the right hand.

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Lango song

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