Mbala

by Jim Redfarn

This is a short program based on an extract from a traditional African piece originally played, sung and danced by members of the Lala Tribe from Zambia.

I have made the rhythms easier to grasp by staggering the starting points of the percussion instruments, and also by limiting the master drummer (part5a) to a repeating riff.

Jim Redfarn
 

Source: AMPLINEX M13 disk, file $.MBALA


Published in AMPLINEX M13, September 1989