Some music for the Kalumbu
- Title
- Some music for the Kalumbu
- Type
- Text
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Ethnomusicology
- Mbira
- Music
- Musical instruments
- Mbira music
- Zambia
- African Music
- Mbira (Instrument)
- Abstract
- The kalumbu or musical bow is probably found more often than any other indigenous instrument in Zambia. I have been able to make a careful study of several of these instruments and there are many points of interest both in the tuning and general layout of the music. Two of my players used a large bow which they said was peculiar to the Ila people. The calabash resonator is from some kind of pumpkin which they call kankuli. The instrument can be tuned by moving the calabash, which is attached to a piece of wire acting as bridge, up or down the stick.
- Description
- pages: 18-25
- Created Date
- June 21, 1965
- Parent project
- International Library of African Music
- is funded by
-
Rhodes University
- Place of Origin
- South Africa
- Author
-
Davidson, Marjory
Value Annotations
- Is Part Of
- Chalimbana Training College
- License
- CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
- Access Rights
- Public
- DRE ID
- eaa-99-0132
- Identifier
-
1061
Value Annotations
- Type
- Publisher, distributor, or vendor stock number
- WissKI URL
- 77165
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