Peter Cooke Uganda Collection
Ndingidi song
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Type
sound
Duration
00:01:50
Cultures
Nyankore
Shelf mark
C23/30
Subjects
Ndingidi [tube fiddle] song
Is part of (Collection)
Peter Cooke Uganda Recordings
Recording locations
Music department hall, National Teachers' College, Kyambogo, Uganda
Performers
Busuulwa, Bulasio [?] (ndingidi), Kizza, Christopher Ssalongo (singer, male, ndingidi), Mubangizi, Benedicto K. [?] (ndingidi)
Recordist
Cooke, Peter
Description
Item note: Ndingidi [tube fiddle] song. Performance note: Unannounced in quasi Hima style; With some singing by Christopher Kizza. Recordist's note: In Peter Cooke's notes, this is PCUG64-8.49.A5.
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User notes for this item

African Harmony: *Rhythmic harmony is the only form of simultanous hamrony heard in this recording *the ostinato melody itself uses inherent patterns with the highest voice to create the impression of there being two melodic voices.
Posted by Daniel Jones, Researcher on 02/04/2019 00:17:00