Nyele
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The nyele is a small horn made from hollowed out animal horn or matete
reed. The nyele is played in groups; one man plays one note
and others play different pitch
es, which combine to form a certain combination of sounds. Traditionally, the nyele were played along with the budima drums at funerals of the so-called Valley Tonga in Zambia
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The nyele is sometimes decorated with Europe
an paints, a sleeve of snakeskin or seed beads pressed into bees wax. They are used by men and youth at both formal and informal dances.
They are commonly played with drums and not by themselves alone, and are employed for funerals, large gatherings, and other ceremonal occasions. They vary in size from about 5 inches to 18 inches (13 cm to 46 cm) long.
Matete
Matete is a municipality in the Mont Amba district of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo....
reed. The nyele is played in groups; one man plays one note
Note
In music, the term note has two primary meanings:#A sign used in musical notation to represent the relative duration and pitch of a sound;#A pitched sound itself....
and others play different pitch
Pitch (music)
Pitch is an auditory perceptual property that allows the ordering of sounds on a frequency-related scale.Pitches are compared as "higher" and "lower" in the sense associated with musical melodies,...
es, which combine to form a certain combination of sounds. Traditionally, the nyele were played along with the budima drums at funerals of the so-called Valley Tonga in Zambia
Zambia
Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
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The nyele is sometimes decorated with Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an paints, a sleeve of snakeskin or seed beads pressed into bees wax. They are used by men and youth at both formal and informal dances.
They are commonly played with drums and not by themselves alone, and are employed for funerals, large gatherings, and other ceremonal occasions. They vary in size from about 5 inches to 18 inches (13 cm to 46 cm) long.
External links
- Group of seventeen Tonga men playing nyele at Smithsonian Global Sound