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In this excerpt, Hawale Sounds play a tribute to Kanda Bongo Man’s “ Zing Zong”Īnd last of all, Ohia Beye Ya (OBY) Band:Īuthor Chris Posted on SeptemCategories Instruments, Video Leave a comment on Atenteben – Ghanian whistle Lemmy Mabaso and Shell Spirit In the next video, we’re shown some parts of the process of making atenteben – from collecting the bamboo to cutting the fipple in the workshop:Īnd to hear what Dela Botri is doing with atenteben in Ghana, listen to him and Hewale Sounds:Ĭanadian exponent Isabelle Vadeboncoeur plays an impromtu ‘kwela’: Nketia who is credited with composing the two following, contrasting performances:
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Six holes on the front, and an enigmatic (octave?) thumb-hole on the back essentially a diatonic whistle where a pennywhistler’s “E” fingering plays the tonic.Īnother exponent of modern atenteben is Professor Emeritus J. In this video, Begine Owuo Kebibaya explains the ‘mechanics’ of the atenteben: Ephraim Amu was important in this process, and it seems as if atenteben may have even adopted a place in school music that the recorder did in the UK.ĭela Botri is a very popular exponent of the atenteben, and he demonstrates its versatility in this short kwela-like clip (unfortunately I am prevented from embedding it here).
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Atenteben is a bamboo fipple flute from Ghana it was previously used in funeral ritual music, but back in the 50s was adapted to the diatonic scale and popularised with a wider repertoire. The musician was Dela Botri, and the whistle was the atenteben. Whilst researching the music of Erwan Bouvier I came across of a video of him playing in a group with a guest musician playing an unusual bamboo whistle.