The equidistant heptatonic scale of the Asena in Malawi
Abstract
- Abstract
- The musical scale of the Sena people of Southern Malawi can be characterised as an equidistant heptatonic tone system. Kubik (1968) reports: The equi-heptatonic tuning with its standard interval of 171 cents gives an unmistakable sound to the Asena bangwe. The same scale is used for the tuning of the large ulimba xylophones. The bangwe (a board zither) and the ulimba, belong, next to drums and rattles, to the most common instruments of the Asena in the Lower Shire Valley of Malawi.
Description
- Description
- pages: 107-125
Subjects
People & roles
- Author
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Van Zanten, Wim
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- Is Part Of
- University of Malawi
Origins & context
- Title
- The equidistant heptatonic scale of the Asena in Malawi
- 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
- July 1, 1980
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- CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
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- Public
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- DRE ID
- eaa-99-0208
- Identifier
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1099
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Further details
- WissKI URL
- 78993