Singing with pilipe flute

Item

Archivist's Original Title

en Singing with pilipe flute

Original description

en Voice and flute pilipe, by Mabu. In the first iece, the musician sings in falsetto and blows alternately in the pilipé flute, a small bamboo tube producing a single pitch. The melody as sung has five degrees, all below the fundamental frequency of the flute : with three principal degrees separated by about a tone, and two intermediate degrees, the descending melodic contour imitates the intonation of the spoken language. In the second piece (as from O'28), the musician lets out cries at the same time as sudden bursts of breath into the flute, thus imitating with instrument and voice some vocal techniques, partly yodelled, tyically utilised by a number of performers during a ritual. The text of the first piece is made up of metaphorical expressions concerning an unfaithful wife, whom the singer wishes would return to him

Time duration

en 0:00:55

MetadataURL

Recording date of the original material

en 1978

Acquisition Date

en 1996

Population

en Huli

Place of the cultural origin

Country Name

Recording place

en Bebenete, Southern Highlands Province

Resource Language

en Huli

Comment

en CD Voice II - Techniques (continued): Voice and musical instruments b. Imitation of the instrument

Archivist Category

en Music (Vocal and instrumental)

Recording context

en Published record

Instrument, Original Archivist Data

en Voice, Flute

Collector

Name of original Collection

en Voices of the World, an Anthology of Vocal Expression (CD)

Collection source citation

Related material

History of ownership

en From the record "The Huli of Papua Niugini", plage A4; Musicaphon (collection Music of Oceania) BM 30 SL 2703

Holding Institution of Original Materials

Licensing Institution

Accessing Institutions

Copyright Information

en CC BY-NC-ND

Physical format

en Magnetic tape

Preservation State of Physical Object

en Copy

Original item number

en CNRSMH_E_1996_013_001_002_029

SEAH Identifier

en SEAH_CNRSMH_E_1996_013_001_002_029