Instrumental Music of the Kalahari San
Various Artists
Rather than performing for an audience, the !Kung San people from the northwestern Kalahari Desert region "play [music] for themselves, when the mood strikes them." Perhaps that’s what makes it so compelling. Here is a demonstration of music played on gut pluriarc (bow lute), gut hunting bow and sitengena (thumb piano), with vocal accompaniment.
Track Listing
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Gut pluriarc with 3 Men's Voices | Musicians of Namibia | 2:36 | |
102
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Metal pluriarc with one woman's voice | Hwan//a | 3:31 | |
103
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Gut hunting bow, solo | Tuma We | 2:00 | |
104
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Gut hunting bow with one man's voice | Tashay Kumsi | 3:08 | |
105
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Gut hunting bow with resonator and one man's voice | Uxone | 2:42 | |
106
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Sitengena with one man's voice | Tikay | 7:00 | |
201
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Te bow with two women's voices | Recorded in Kauri | 3:02 | |
202
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Tin can bow solo | Recorded in Namimbia | 1:44 | |
203
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Sitengena solo: "Rain Song" | Recorded in Botswana | 1:15 | |
204
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Sitengena with one man's voice | Gau | 2:20 | |
205
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Gut pluriarc with one man's voice | Recorded in Namibia | 3:51 | |
206
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Metal pluriarc with one woman's voice | Hwan//a | 2:05 | |
207
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Guthunting bow with one man's voice | Recorded in Namibia | 2:38 |