Voice and flute playing

Female voice and flute, by Nang Suy. he musician sings and plays alternately on a flute with two holes pierced near the closed extremities of the bamboo, the embouchure being in the centre of the instrument. Vocal and instrumental sounds mingle continuously in this improvisation. Nang Suy manifestly seeks to imitate the sound of the flute by her voice, such that the vocal and instrumental timbres are hard to tell apart. The musician sings and plays for personal pleasure, also at village fêtes. Tran Quang Hai, cf. p.50 of booklet
Archivist's Original Title
en Voice and flute playing
Original description
en Female voice and flute, by Nang Suy. he musician sings and plays alternately on a flute with two holes pierced near the closed extremities of the bamboo, the embouchure being in the centre of the instrument. Vocal and instrumental sounds mingle continuously in this improvisation. Nang Suy manifestly seeks to imitate the sound of the flute by her voice, such that the vocal and instrumental timbres are hard to tell apart.
The musician sings and plays for personal pleasure, also at village fêtes. Tran Quang Hai, cf. p.50 of booklet
Time duration
en 0:02:18
MetadataURL
http://archives.crem-cnrs.fr/archives/items/16941/
Recording date of the original material
en 1972
Acquisition Date
en 1996
Population
en Khmu
Place of the cultural origin
Louang Prabang
Country Name
Laos
Recording place
en Lang Prabang region, Northern Laos
Resource Language
en Khmu
Comment
en Voice CD II - Techniques (continued): Voice and musical instruments a. Singing in the instrument
Archivist Category
en Music (Vocal and instrumental)
Recording context
en Published record
Instrument, Original Archivist Data
en Voice, Flute
Collector
Jacques Brunet
Name of original Collection
en Voices of the World, an Anthology of Vocal Expression (CD)
Collection source citation
South East Asia Records, Musée de l'Homme - BnF (France)
Related material
http://archives.crem-cnrs.fr/archives/collections/4493/
History of ownership
en Excerpt from the disc "Laos. Northern Music", track B3 ("World Music" collection), Galloway Records GB 600531
Holding Institution of Original Materials
Centre de Recherche en Ethnomusicologie (LESC, CNRS)
Licensing Institution
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Accessing Institutions
Centre de Recherche en Ethnomusicologie (LESC, CNRS)
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_024
SEAH Identifier
en SEAH_CNRSMH_E_1996_013_001_002_024