| Title: | Drum Training |
| Authors: | Riley-Smith, Tristram |
| Keywords: | Drumming Vocalised Drumming Nepal Nepalese Patan Buddhist Oral Tradition Oral Literature Linguistic Anthropology Newari |
| Issue Date: | 20-Jul-1980 |
| Publisher: | World Oral Literature Project |
| Abstract: | A chant of a drum sequence called Deo Layagu. |
| Description: | Naresh visits again this morning. More v interesting info learnt. I persuade him to chant one of the drum sequences he’s learnt, which I tape: called Deo Layagu it is to be played outside a shrine (as opposed to the longer “Chore” which is played on processions through the town). I try to quiz him on different sounds and their relation to different beats: “khin” and “kha” refer to striking the drum with a stick as held in the left hand; “Ta” = a slap with the right hand with fingers splayed open (on one point of drum face – Naresh can’t remember whether it’s at the centre or the side); while “NURRA” refers to a finger run (a 4-hit tattoo using index finger first through to little finger last). |
| URI: | http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/226718 |
| Appears in Collections: | Riley-Smith: Newari Collection |
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