The Begu Zulu vertical flute
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https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v2i1.527Keywords:
Musica instruments -- Africa, Musical instruments -- South Africa, Zulu (African people) -- Music, Musical instruments -- Construction -- South Africa, FluteAbstract
In assessing the steps in the evolution in the construction of the vertical flute, the most important transition is from the flute with no whistle-head system, through the rudimentary whistle-head stage, to the whistle-head proper as manifest in the recorder and penny-whistle.References
Bains, Antony (1957) Woodwind Instruments and their History. Faber and Faber Ltd. London.
Kirby, P.R. (1934) The Musical Instruments of the Native Races of South Africa. Oxford Press (1934). Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg, 1953.
Mendel, Arthur Some Aspects of Musicology. Three Essays.
Sachs, Curt Pratt, C. Carrol. (1957) The Liberal Arts Press, New York
Revesz, G. (1953) Einfuhrung in die Musikpsychologie. Amsterdam, 1946. Introduction to the Psychology of Music. English translation by G.I.C. de Courcy. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1953.
Zuckerkandl, Victor (1956) Sound and Symbol. Translated from the German by W.R. Trask. Routledge and Kegan Paul, Ltd., London.
Kirby, P.R. (1934) The Musical Instruments of the Native Races of South Africa. Oxford Press (1934). Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg, 1953.
Mendel, Arthur Some Aspects of Musicology. Three Essays.
Sachs, Curt Pratt, C. Carrol. (1957) The Liberal Arts Press, New York
Revesz, G. (1953) Einfuhrung in die Musikpsychologie. Amsterdam, 1946. Introduction to the Psychology of Music. English translation by G.I.C. de Courcy. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1953.
Zuckerkandl, Victor (1956) Sound and Symbol. Translated from the German by W.R. Trask. Routledge and Kegan Paul, Ltd., London.
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1958-11-30
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“The Begu Zulu Vertical Flute”. 1958. African Music : Journal of the International Library of African Music 2 (1): 40-45. https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v2i1.527.
