Description
- Abstract:
- The Kayoro ensemble includes an hourglass tension drum, or gungonga, in their performances. In his dissertation, Koetting describes in amusing detail the way gungonga players often animate Kasena performance events especially through their interactions with dancers.
- Notes:
- Instrumentation: kori (2), gungonga, wui (3)
- Place of recording: Kayoro
- Performance history: performance-demonstration
- Tape location: Reel 103, Track 04
Access Conditions
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
"Ane kama mama sene yi a wo bolo"
(1975).
James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings Collection.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:146632/
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James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings Collection
...The James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings collection presents a vibrant mix of traditional and popular music recorded at a broad range of locations and events in Ghana during the 1970s by ethnomusicologist James Koetting. Students and researchers can hear online …