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Babatone

Also known as Babatone (one-string bass) · one-string bass

Babatone: photograph by Stephen and Helen Jones from England
Photo: Stephen and Helen Jones from England, CC BY-SA 2.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Sit with a tall one-string home-made bass, press a bottle slide along the string and strike or pluck in time with a groove.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Malawi.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of Africa: Great Lakes and Indian Ocean.

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