Transformations of tshikona (Ex. 1), the Venda national dance
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Blacking, John
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Blacking, John
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Ethnomusicology
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Research
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Transformations of tshikona (Ex. 1), the Venda national dance.
a) On mbila tshipai, played by Petrus Nengwani in 1956 at Tshakhuma. The mbira had 15 keys. (0:16)
b) Tshikona, as played on reed pipes. (0:20)
c) On mbila dza madeza, played by Mattheus Mutswaletswane of Vondo in Meadowlands, Soweto, in 1963. (0:15)
d) Two versions on tshihwana musical bow (see HM, illus. following p. 50), played by Tshidavhula Madiya and Tshinanne Mashau of Tshakhuma, respectively, in 1956. (0:20)
e) On tshizambi friction bow, played by Samson Redi of Lufule in 1957. (0:20)
f) On tshizambi friction bow, played by Samson Redi of Lufule in 1957. (0:20)