Headline : South Africa: Album Celebrates New Traditions in South Africa%26#039;s Ancient Bow Music

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Musical bows are among the oldest instruments in southern Africa. Musicologists think the "ping" a bowstring makes when an arrow is released inspired early hunters (as far back as the Khoi and San nations) to use it for music-making in ritual and, later, other contexts.

The passing, in 2022, of South Africa's bow virtuoso Latozi "Madosini" Mpahleni reminded South Africans of traditional bow music's significance in the region's intangible cultural heritage.

When you pluck, strike or stroke the string of a musical bow, you get not only one note but extra sounds (called overtones), created by the air vibrating around it. Using various techniques - such as adding a gourd resonator, or placing the end of the bow in their mouths - bow players can amplify and manipulate those sounds to shape complex music.

The work of veteran and younger bow musicians, scholars and audiences all keep these traditions alive and stimulate new repertoire. But the fascination bow music holds for the international New Music community (modern, innovative concert composers), and the options for using electronic composing techniques with bow sounds, have been less documented.

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