Funeral music on the köni fiddle

Recorded in situ: Instrumental music of a funeral song "ddi tok" performed by a monotone fiddle solo "köni". Playing 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 by his mouth. He hums through gritted teeth. Unpublished sound recordings collected by Jacques Dournes, French missionary and researcher, in Viet Nam in 1964 among the Jörai population: music funeral, different modes of playing aerophones and a phonetic study.
Edited Title
en DDI TOK
Archivist's Original Title
en Funeral music on the köni fiddle
fr Musique funèbre à la vièle köni
Original description
en Recorded in situ: Instrumental music of a funeral song "ddi tok" performed by a monotone fiddle solo "köni". Playing 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 by his mouth. He hums through gritted teeth. Unpublished sound recordings collected by Jacques Dournes, French missionary and researcher, in Viet Nam in 1964 among the Jörai population: music funeral, different modes of playing aerophones and a phonetic study.
fr Enregistré en situation: Musique instrumentale d'un chant funèbre " ddi tok " interprété par un solo de vièle monocorde " köni ". 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 collectés par Jacques Dournes, missionnaire et chercheur français, au Viet Nam en 1964 auprès de la population jörai : musique funéraire, différents modes de jeu d'aérophones et une étude phonétique.
Time duration
en 00:12:26
Recording date of the original material
en 1964-01-30
Acquisition Date
en 1965
Population
Jarai
Place of the cultural origin
Country Name
Recording place
en Central Viet Nam, Phu Bon Province
Resource Language
Jarai
Comment
en KONI FIDDLE: Playing 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 by his mouth. He hums through gritted teeth.
Tags, Keywords
en Dead
Archivist Category
en Music (Funeral)
Recording context
en Field recording
Instrument, Original Archivist Data
en Vielle; Sung voice: male solo
Instrument (Supplementary/Annotated Data)
Koni
Collector
Name of original Collection
fr Viet Nam, Musique funéraire, modes de jeux d'aérophones et étude phonétique chez les Jörai, Dournes, 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 Recording: 4.7cm/s, 1/2 TrackA. Quite average sound qualities. See archive file; file editors: Tran Quang Hai, Aliénor Anisensel .
Original item number
en CNRSMH_I_1965_006_001_01
SEAH Identifier
en CNRS_SEAHMH_I_1965_006_001_01
Provenance
en Recording archived at Musée de l’Homme, Paris, by J. Dournes and preserved at BnF.