Klaus Wachsmann Uganda Collection
Tuning of drums (Kamutende, endumi and nene). Klaus Wachsmann Uganda Field Recordings
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Type
sound
Duration
00:32:01
Cultures
Gwere
Shelf mark
C4/46
Recording date
1954-10-11
Recording locations
Terinyi, Uganda
Performers
unidentified (kamutende drum), unidentified (endumi drum), unidentified (nene drum)
Recordist
Wachsmann, Klaus, 1907-1984
Description
Item notes : Wachsmann's original recording no.: 54.473
Metadata record:
User notes for this item
This is actually a recording of the tuning of a Namaddu drum chime, 6 tuned drums (spanning a pentatonic octave plus one note) with a bass drum. Presumably nene is the bass drum. What the other two names given here stand for is not clear.
Posted by Peter Cooke, Hon. Fellow, University of Birmingham on 22/11/2011 14:29:00
Tuning of drums (Kamutende, endumi and nene). Klaus Wachsmann Uganda Field Recordings
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