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Mama Ndaswelindawo Ngendaba - Mother, I Am Short Of Accommodation

from Beating Heart - South Africa (Originals) Recorded by Hugh Tracey by Various Artists

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From Hugh Tracey’s field notes:

Mama ndaswelindawo ngendaba - Mother, I am short of accommodation on account of the news (Xhosa/Gcaleka - recorded in 1967)

The girl playing this mouth bow whistles out of the side of her mouth as well as resonating the notes in the usual manner. She used the open string and a stopped note, stopping it with her thumbnail and first finger. The use of this indigenous instrument and its style of music explains the ease with which Gcaleka people take to the small concertina. 
The harmonies produced in the mouth being on the true harmonic series makes the transition to the concertina a simple matter for simple tunes.

With kind permission from the International Library of African Music, Beating Heart works with artists to sample and remix Hugh Tracey's incredible archive. Proceeds from the South Africa album support gender equality in South Africa through the Women’s Legal Centre, as well as helping to teach music production skills to kids at Grahamstown’s Access Music Project.

More info at www.beatingheartproject.com

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