Lesiba
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The lesiba is a stringed-wind instrument, with a quill attached to a long string acting as the main source of vibration. The quill is blown across, creating vibration in the string, usually in short notes on a small, limited scale. The lesiba's construction is unique, in that it is the only instrument in use today that is a stringed wind instrument.[1]
The lesiba is the national instrument of the Basotho[2] , a southern African people, now located primarily in South Africa and Lesotho. Very few people alive today play this instrument.[1]
One player, Ntate Thabong Phosa, plays with Sipho Mabuse and can be heard in the song "Thaba Bosiu" on Mabuse's "Township Child" album.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b ProjectExplorer: Drum Café (Flash Video). Retrieved on 2007-12-30.
- ^ Drum Café. Retrieved on 2007-12-30.
- ^ Sipho Mabuse Discography. Retrieved on 2007-12-30.
