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15-key Karimba 'Nyunga Nyunga'

Jege Tapera Tuning
D (closest chromatic pitch)
15
Buzzers muted.
Sebastian Pott
2025
Sebastian built this karimba inspired by Brigitte Ulrich's initiative to put up all of Andrew Tracey's transcriptions of Jege Tapera's music on the platform.

Though he tried to match the tuning of Tapera's recordings faithfully, it is not meant as a replica of Tapera's instrument, which looks considerably smaller on the old photos. He rather used a soundboard that he felt had been waiting for this occasion for fifteen years.

Recorded by Sebastian Pott in March 2025. Samples and images copyright: Sebastian Pott.

Below are the pitches Sebastian took from the recordings (keys names in Pitch+Octaves.1 notation). They differ slightly from the pitches reported in Tracey's article.

Key Fundamental
RT1, 155 Hz
LL3, 179 Hz
RT5 218 Hz
RT6 243 Hz
RT7 272 Hz
LL1 292 Hz
LL2 322,5 Hz
LL3 360 Hz
RI5 435 Hz
RI6 485 Hz
RI7 544 Hz
RI1' 590 Hz
Sebastian Pott
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Eitorf, Germany

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