The Begu Zulu vertical flute

Authors

  • A.J.F. Veenstra University College, London

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v2i1.527

Keywords:

Musica instruments -- Africa, Musical instruments -- South Africa, Zulu (African people) -- Music, Musical instruments -- Construction -- South Africa, Flute

Abstract

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.

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Published

1958-11-30

How to Cite

Veenstra, A.J.F. 1958. “The Begu Zulu Vertical Flute”. African Music : Journal of the International Library of African Music 2 (1):40-45. https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v2i1.527.

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (1958): African Music: Journal of the African Music Society

Section

Articles