Umakhweyane: A Musical bow and its contribution to Zulu music
Abstract
- Abstract
- Nearly all musical bows used in the indigenous music of southern Africa are single string melody instruments. The player uses the overtones of the string to produce melody. This is done in various ways according to how the bows are constructed, what sort of resonator is used, and how the bow is played. Some bows have an attached resonator, with others the player uses her/his mouth as resonator. Bows may be played by percussion (striking the string), by plucking, and by friction (rubbing the string or the bow stick).
Description
- Description
- pages: 60-81
Subjects
- Subject
- African Music
People & roles
- Author
-
Dargie, David
Value Annotations
Origins & context
- Is Part Of
- University of Fort Hare
Origins & context
- Title
- Umakhweyane: A Musical bow and its contribution to Zulu music
- Type
- Text
- Language
- English
- Parent project
- International Library of African Music
- is funded by
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Rhodes University
- Place of Origin
- South Africa
- Created Date
- November 30, 2007
Rights & access
- License
- CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
- Access Rights
- Public
Identifiers & sources
- DRE ID
- eaa-99-02b5
- Identifier
-
1712
Value Annotations
Origins & context
- Type
- Publisher, distributor, or vendor stock number
- WissKI URL
- 80366
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