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Authors: Ngaina Nolo and Mtonya Bota , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Gogo (African people) , Songs, Gogo , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mvumi f-tz
Language: Gogo
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174225 , vital:42456 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR154-13
Description: "Maganga wishes you good luck." This variety of Mbira, the Ilimba, is unusually large for a pentatonic instrument. The change of position of the microphone from the underside of the Ili,ba to the upper side for the singing of the verses is clearly heard; the rattles being on the reeds themselves. Self delecatative song, with 20 note Ilimba Mbira.
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Date Issued: 1950

Authors: Ngaina Nolo and Mtonya Bota , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Gogo (African people) , Songs, Gogo , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mvumi f-tz
Language: Gogo
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174215 , vital:42455 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR154-12
Description: "Whenever there is a dance men are always jealous of their wives." This Ilimba, a 20 note box mbira was locally made with notes of umbrella rib. It had a number of extra notes, eleven mounted in between the left and right hand series but these were not used. The mirliton membrane on the face of the instrument made it possible to hear the very low frequencies of the deep bass notes, which would otherwise have been lost. The tuning is as follows:- 536, 464, 404, 332, 268 vs. Its range extended from 640 to 55 vs or three and a half ocatves. Its deep bass notes are among the lowest to be found on any Mbira type of instrument. Song with 20 note Ilimba Mbira.
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Date Issued: 1950

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