The use of metaphor and certain scale patterns in traditional music of Botswana

Authors

  • Elizabeth N. Wood

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v6i3.1170

Abstract

Three salient characteristics observed in recorded music in Botswana have been of particular interest to me during four years of music research in this country — carried out in the Kgatleng, Kweneng and Kgalagadi Districts. These are (1) the use of metaphor in the initiation song, (2) the appearance of the five-tone scale in Tswana traditional songs and (3) the presence of the four-tone scale in Basarwa (Bushman) songs and some of their instrumental music.

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Published

1983-07-12

How to Cite

Wood, Elizabeth N. 1983. “The Use of Metaphor and Certain Scale Patterns in Traditional Music of Botswana”. African Music : Journal of the International Library of African Music 6 (3):107-14. https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v6i3.1170.