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Wathi wa mbebe

- Munyithya wa Kyenze, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Munyithya wa Kyenze , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • 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/10962/175824 , vital:42627 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR160-01
  • Description: This lute is peculiar to the district. The stick which forms the neck of the lute is pierced right through the gourd body, protruding about 5" on the opposite side. The single string is attached to the tip of this end, passes over the membrane on the gourd and a bridge (which is also made from pieces of gourd and is attached by means of a short piece of wire to avoid losing it when the instrument is slackened off after playing) and is attached at the end to a short fork in the stick which effectively prevents slipping. It is played by means of a short bow with sisal fibre. Topical song with Mbebe string lute.
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  • Date Issued: 1952

Wathi wa mbebe

- Munyithya wa Kyenze, Tracey, Hugh

Wathi wa mbebe

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

Wathi wa mbebe

- Munyithya wa Kyenze, Tracey, Hugh

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