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Njari without LT manual

Hallelujah tuning
F (closest chromatic pitch)
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Extracted from recording.
Simon Mashoko
Nyika, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Karanga
2001
The audio samples were directly extracted from Simon Mashoko's magnificent Hallelujah album, recorded by Joel Laviolette in 2001. On each sample I've tried to remove as many spectral components of other notes played at the same time as possible, which is not easy because Mashoko almost always plays octaves. LU6'/7' and RU6'/7' keys are missing altogether because Sekuru Mashoko does not use them on the entire album.

Photo courtesy Joel Laviolette.

Key Fundamental Overtones
(if measurable)
B4, 118.4 Hz 572.7 Hz
B5, 132 Hz 669 Hz
B6, 147 Hz
B7, 164 Hz
RT1 179 Hz
RT2 195 Hz
RT3 217 Hz
RT4 234 Hz 1219 Hz
L4 236.4 Hz
RI5 264.7 Hz 1411.5 Hz
RI6 293.6 Hz
RI7 326.8 Hz
RU1' 353.1 Hz 2270
RU2' 396 Hz 2047 Hz
RU3' 434.8 Hz
RU4' 478 Hz 2312 Hz
LU4' 480 Hz
RU5' 529.7 Hz
Phinias Mashoko
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