Kondo natipala bako

Artist(s): 
Two other players
Date: 
1952/08/31
Composer: 
Composer not specifiedNakule Nguba (Performer)
Format: 
78 RPM shellac record
Source: 
Shellac record number:TP3690
Publisher: 
International Library of African Music
Rights: 
International Library of African Music
Identifier (greenstone export db): 
7536
Identifier (original): 
TP3690-XYZ7613
Identifier (disa): 
mus1952-08-31.036.018.TP3690-XYZ7613
Keywords: 
Description: 

Dance in honour of the ancestors with Kponingbo or Akpaningbo, nine loose-note zylophone. (log zylophone with keys on banana stems. The tuning corresponds in absolute pitch with that of harp strings) "Kondo natipala bako, Gatanga natipala bako, Mongo natipala nako" " The father of Kondo, The father of Gatanga, The mother of Mongo.", The tuning of the loose note xylophone is 664, 568,496, 392, 360, 332, 284, 248, 196 vs.