Tuning the gong zither

Recorded in situation: Announcement by J. Dournes of "gông" music, tuning of the instrument. Around 0'43": modern tune by the "gông" zither. Unpublished sound recordings of instrumental/vocal melodies and instrumental games made by Jacques Dournes from 1963 to 1964 in Vietnam with the Jarai population.
Archivist's Original Title
en Tuning the gong zither
fr Accordage de la cithare gông
Original description
en Recorded in situation: Announcement by J. Dournes of "gông" music, tuning of the instrument. Around 0'43": modern tune by the "gông" zither. Unpublished sound recordings of instrumental/vocal melodies and instrumental games made by Jacques Dournes from 1963 to 1964 in Vietnam with the Jarai population.
fr Enregistré en situation: Annonce par J. Dournes d'une Musique de "gông" , accordage de l'instrument. Vers 0'43": air moderne par la cithare " gông ". Enregistrements sonores inédits de mélodies instrumentales/vocales et de jeux instrumentaux effectués par Jacques Dournes de 1963 à 1964 au Vietnam auprès de la population jaraï.
Time duration
en 00:01:55
Recording date of the original material
en 1963-05
Acquisition Date
en 1964
Population
Jarai
Place of the cultural origin
Country Name
Recording place
en Central Viet Nam, Phu Bon Province
Resource Language
Jarai
Performer/Speaker
Ralan Sit de Plei Par
Comment
fr -CC-CITHARE: cithare à treize cordes métalliques nommé _ gông _. le collecteur annonce "cithare gông dodécacordes" [??].
-À la seconde 0'7’’: accordage de la cithare “gong”.
-À la seconde 0'42’’: début d’un air.
en -CC-CITHARE: zither with thirteen metal strings called _ gong _. The collector announces “dodecacord gong zither” [??].
-At the 0'7'' mark: tuning of the 'gong' zither.
-At the 0'42’’ mark: beginning of a tune.
Archivist Category
en Music (Instrumental)
Recording context
en Field recording
Instrument, Original Archivist Data
en Zither
Instrument (Supplementary/Annotated Data)
Gong
Collector
Name of original Collection
fr Viet Nam, Mélodies instrumentales et vocales jaraï et modes de jeux instrumentaux, Dournes, 1963-1964.
External reference
en Dournes, J. "La musique chez les Joraï" in "Objets et mondes", t. V, fasc.4, hiver 1965 pp.211-244, photos
Holding Institution of Original Materials
Copyright Notice
For any use, please contact the CREM-LESC (CNRS, Nanterre University, France): see information at https://archives.crem-cnrs.fr
Physical format
en Magnetic tape
Preservation State of Physical Object
en Original tape. Record. 9.5 cm/s, 1/2P, Track A. Medium sound quality. See archive file. Archivist: Tran Quang Haï / Aliénor Anisensel (2013).
fr Bande originale. Enreg.: 9,5cm/s, 1/2 Piste A. Qualités sonores moyennes. Cf. DT; rédacteurs fiche/ Tran Quang Hai, Aliénor Anisensel (2013)
Original item number
en CNRSMH_I_1964_011_001_09
SEAH Identifier
en CNRS_SEAHMH_I_1964_011_001_09
Provenance
en Recording archived at Musée de l’Homme, Paris, by J. Dournes and preserved at BnF.