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Reel no. 92; ISE-4 May 15, 1966, n.d.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Series:
- 15. Iseyin (1965-1966)
- Darius Thieme Collection
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- n.d.
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2019.
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- Summary:
- Description: Scope/Content: Iseyin: Sekere & Aro (Lasisi Akande Ajediran, aro-leader; Lasini Ajeniyi Isola, sekere; Akanji Ajeroju, sekere; Akanji Ajelere, sekere) (1) Woro; (2) Etike; (3) Apala - aro with the cowries of the sekeres; (4) Rara - praises, leader & aro Description: Aro are ring-shaped concussion idiophones made of forged iron or steel played in pairs. The ring has chambers containing metal pellets that resonate when the rings are struck together. Aro is typically used for to accompany solo praise singing or for ensemble accompaniment. Aro may be combined with sekere alone, or dundun ensemble alone, and only on special occasions will aro be used with a dundun-sekere ensemble. Aro musicians, who play important roles as custodians of royal poetry and court history, are principally solo singers of oriki and historical material - their instrument providing a secondary or supporting role. The aro is distributed throughout Yorubaland with strong diffusion in larger towns such as Oyo, Iseyin, Ogbomosho, Ibadan, Ile-Ife, Ado Awaiye, Iwo, and Lalupon. At the time of Thieme's research the center of the aro solo-historical singing tradition had shifted from the court of Oyo to that of Ogbomosho (Thieme 1969: 318-321; aro transcr. 319).
- Participant:
- Contributors: Darius Louis Thieme.
- Notes:
- Item number: 2005.09_060.
- Includes updated metadata from Jesse Ruskin.Conserv. note: Digitized 2012-09-12 at 24bit/96khz. Staff note: Hand written liner notes included.
- Description based on online resource (viewed on 17 January, 2022).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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