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Kyaa

- Mutabi, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Kyaa

- Mutabi with Kamba men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Mutabi with Kamba men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Kamba , Kamba (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Machakos f-ke
  • Language: Kamba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175898 , vital:42637 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR160-08
  • Description: Since recording these two items in 1950, I have been told that these stamping tubes almost if not all together absolete and no longer to be found in Kamba country. The Kyaa is a traditional instrument among the Kamba. It consists of a hollowed tube of euphorbia wood about 3-4 feet long, slightly bulging, with a hide cap on the lower end. A wire is attached to this membrane and passed up the length of the tube and is fixed at the top. If properly tuned it would help the column of air to vibrate when the tube is struck vertically on the ground. A handle is provided at the top of the tube by which the player grips the Kyaa and beats it on the ground. A circlet of metal rattles is also attached to the tube. Love song with Kyaa stamping tubes and Iamba Malebe tin rattles.
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Kyaa

- Mutabi with Kamba men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Mutabi with Kamba men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Kamba , Kamba (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Machakos f-ke
  • Language: Kamba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175903 , vital:42638 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR160-08
  • Description: Since recording these two items in 1950, I have been told that these stamping tubes almost if not all together absolete and no longer to be found in Kamba country. The Kyaa is a traditional instrument among the Kamba. It consists of a hollowed tube of euphorbia wood about 3-4 feet long, slightly bulging, with a hide cap on the lower end. A wire is attached to this membrane and passed up the length of the tube and is fixed at the top. If properly tuned it would help the column of air to vibrate when the tube is struck vertically on the ground. A handle is provided at the top of the tube by which the player grips the Kyaa and beats it on the ground. A circlet of metal rattles is also attached to the tube. Love song with Kyaa stamping tubes and Iamba Malebe tin rattles.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1950

Kyaa

- Mutabi, Kamba men, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Meri

- Ndulu wa Ngolania, Folk, Tracey, Hugh

Meri

- Ndulu wa Ngolanie, Kamba boys and girls, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Meri

- Ndulu wa Ngolania, Kamba boys and girls, Folk, Tracey, Hugh

Meri I

- Ndulu wa Ngolanie with Kamba boys and girls, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Ndulu wa Ngolanie with Kamba boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Kamba , Kamba (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Machakos f-ke
  • Language: Kamba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176196 , vital:42671 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR161-03
  • Description: A young man leads his troupe of girl and boy dancers who all blow whistles. The dance largely consists of the shaking of shoulders and advancing towards ones partner, bending forward and placing the cheeks together while continuing to shake the shoulders. The dance is a fine spectacle but poor music. The second part of the dance is done with whistles only and without the drum. The Kamba, in common with a few other Bantu tribes appear to be able to tolerate deafining noises in their dance music such as this shrill cacophony of whistles played into each others ears. Mbeni and Kibebe dance song for boys and girls, with Kithembe conical drum, one bunch of Malepe hand bells.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1950

Meri II

- Ndulu wa Ngolanie with Kamba boys and girls, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Ndulu wa Ngolanie with Kamba boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Kamba , Kamba (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Machakos f-ke
  • Language: Kamba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176205 , vital:42672 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR161-04
  • Description: A young man leads his troupe of girl and boy dancers who all blow whistles. The dance largely consists of the shaking of shoulders and advancing towards ones partner, bending forward and placing the cheeks together while continuing to shake the shoulders. The dance is a fine spectacle but poor music. The second part of the dance is done with whistles only and without the drum. The Kamba, in common with a few other Bantu tribes appear to be able to tolerate deafining noises in their dance music such as this shrill cacophony of whistles played into each others ears. Mbeni and Kibebe dance song for boys and girls, with Kithembe conical drum, one bunch of Malepe hand bells.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1950

Mulima hale

- Salome Nolega with Luya girls, Hugh Tracey

Musenga

- Munyithya wa Kyenze, performer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Musenga

- Munyithya wa Kyenze, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Munyithya wa Kyenze , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Kamba , Kamba (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Machakos f-ke
  • Language: Kamba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/${Handle} , vital:42633 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR160-06
  • Description: "I will praise you until your heart is broken like a bone. Keep your promise and come with me. When I sing your praise do not wrinkle your face like that." He strains the sisal bow by means of thumb pressure. Note how apprently out of tune he is with his instrument, which he appears to use as rhythmic ground only. Love song with Mbebe 1 sring, bowed lute.
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Musenga

- Munyithya wa Kyenze, Tracey, Hugh

Muvingi

- Kamba men and girls, Ndisa Keilo, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Muvingi

- Ndisa Keilo with Kamba boys and girls, Hugh Tracey

Muvingi

- Ndisa Keilo, Kamba men and girls, Folk, Tracey, Hugh

Muyola Mbwelwe

- Mutabi with Kamba men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Mutabi with Kamba men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Kamba , Kamba (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Machakos f-ke
  • Language: Kamba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175908 , vital:42640 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR160-09
  • Description: "Muyola Mbwelwe is a beautiful girl, and what is more she wears a lovely snuff box." Since recording these two items in 1950, I have been told that these stamping tubes almost if not all together absolete and no longer to be found in Kamba country. The Kyaa is a traditional instrument among the Kamba. It consists of a hollowed tube of euphorbia wood about 3-4 feet long, slightly bulging, with a hide cap on the lower end. A wire is attached to this membrane and passed up the length of the tube and is fixed at the top. If properly tuned it would help the column of air to vibrate when the tube is struck vertically on the ground. A handle is provided at the top of the tube by which the player grips the Kyaa and beats it on the ground. A circlet of metal rattles is also attached to the tube. Love song with Kyaa stamping tubes and Iamba Malebe tin rattles.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1950

Muyola Mbwelwe

- Mutabi, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Muyola Mbwelwe

- Mutabi, Kamba men, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Mwali wa Kwita Mwiitu

- Mbewa Kieti, Folk, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Mbewa Kieti , Folk , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya city not specified f-ke
  • Language: Kamba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/300167 , vital:57900 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP2121-XYZ5566
  • Description: Indigenous music
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1950
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