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Instrumental Music of the Kalahari San

Various Artists
Instrumental Music of the Kalahari San

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 02:36
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Metal pluriarc with one woman's voice Hwan//a 03:31
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Gut hunting bow, solo Tuma We 02:00
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Gut hunting bow with one man's voice Tashay Kumsi 03:08
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Gut hunting bow with resonator and one man's voice Uxone 02:42
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Sitengena with one man's voice Tikay 07:00
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Te bow with two women's voices Recorded in Kauri 03:02
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Tin can bow solo Recorded in Namimbia 01:44
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Sitengena solo: "Rain Song" Recorded in Botswana 01:15
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Sitengena with one man's voice Gau 02:20
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Gut pluriarc with one man's voice Recorded in Namibia 03:51
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Metal pluriarc with one woman's voice Hwan//a 02:05
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Guthunting bow with one man's voice Recorded in Namibia 02:38