Tune “Hunting the gibbon” on köni fiddle.

Recording in situ. Announcement by J. Dournes. The playing of the monochord fiddle "köni" implies that the musician also produces sounds with his voice: a string attached to the string of the instrument is held in his mouth. He hums through gritted teeth. Unpublished sound recordings of instrumental/vocal melodies and instrumental performances made by Jacques Dournes from 1963 to 1964 in Vietnam with the Jarai population. 
Archivist's Original Title
en Tune “Hunting the gibbon” on köni fiddle.
fr Air "En chassant le gibbon" à la vièle köni.
Original description
en Recording in situ. Announcement by J. Dournes. The playing of the monochord fiddle "köni" implies that the musician also produces sounds with his voice: a string attached to the string of the instrument is held in his mouth. He hums through gritted teeth. Unpublished sound recordings of instrumental/vocal melodies and instrumental performances made by Jacques Dournes from 1963 to 1964 in Vietnam with the Jarai population. 
fr Enregistrement en situation. Annonce par J. Dournes. Le jeu de la vièle monocorde "köni" implique que le musicien produit également des sons avec sa voix: une ficelle fixée à la corde de l'instrument est retenue par sa bouche. Il chantonne les dents serrées. 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 00:09:32
Recording date of the original material
en 1963-05-29
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
Tags, Keywords
en Hunting
Archivist Category
en Music (Instrumental)
Recording context
en Field recording
Instrument, Original Archivist Data
en Fiddle; Singing voice: male solo; Various ambiances
Instrument (Supplementary/Annotated Data)
Koni
Collector
Name of original Collection
en 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 Information
en CC BY-NC-ND
Physical format
en Magnetic tape
Preservation State of Physical Object
en Original tape. Poor sound quality (various background noise). See DT; Archivist(s): Tran Quang Hai, Aliénor Anisensel. 
fr Bande originale. Enreg.: 9,5cm/s, 1/2 Piste A. Qualités sonores mauvaises (divers bruits de fond). Cf. DT; rédacteurs fiche: Tran Quang Hai, Aliénor Anisensel.
Original item number
en CNRSMH_I_1964_011_001_17
SEAH Identifier
en CNRS_SEAHMH_I_1964_011_001_17
Provenance
en Recording archived at Musée de l’Homme, Paris, by J. Dournes and preserved at BnF.