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Nokukwane- This bow was obtained by the Korana people and the Tswana people are the only Bantu people who use it. The bow is simple however, its arc is more pronounced that the other bows. [5] Other musical instruments: The Tswana drum (moropa), antelope horn (lepapata), and leg rattles (mathlo) are most often used during group dancing.
Tswana folk music has instruments such as Setinkane (a Botswana version of miniature piano), Segankure/Segaba (a Botswana version of the Chinese instrument Erhu), Moropa (Meropa -plural) (a Botswana version of the many varieties of drums), and phala (a Botswana version of a whistle used mostly during celebrations, which comes in a variety of ...
Melody produced without grunts, notes often shaded by the harmonic series [1] (D ♭ is the harmonic seventh [2]) Play approximation ⓘ. The term lesiba (Tswana for 'feather') refers to a class of "unbraced mouth-resonated bow[s]" [3] with a flattened quill attached to a long string, stretched over a hard stick, acting as the main source of vibration.
Gungon – Bass snare drum of the Lunsi ensemble. Of northern origin, it is played throughout Ghana by various groups, known by southern groups as brekete. Related to the Dunun drums of other West African peoples. Gyil – large resonant Xylophones, related to the Balafon. Mbira – small pentatonic thumb piano. Koloko – Varieties of Sahelian ...
One group may use the same name differently than another groups. For example Ngombi can refer either to a Zande trough zither or to a harp (by the Pygmies, Mbaka, Isongo, Ngbaka, Mitshogho and Fang), a lamellaphone by the Gbandi, or a slit drum by the Boa. Traditions change.
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Some areas along the Interstate 95 corridor, such as Washington, D.C., and New York City, saw anywhere from a quick coating to an inch of snow Tuesday, while parts of northern New England got 2 to ...
The only type of drum found in traditional Setswana music is the moropa, which can be formed from several materials, such as a tree trunk, a milk jug, or a can. [18] Modern drums in Botswana are often two-sided, made of a short metal cylinder wrapped in cowhide. [21] The Kalanga people use drums more frequently than other peoples of Botswana. [5]