Hauyani is a guitar tuning and method used in southern Africa, derived from the term "Hawaiian" (see Hawaiian guitar)..[1] It refers to both a trichord tuning, as well as playing the guitar using a guitar slide or similar improvised object.[2] A common tuning is GECgec, and it is found in countries such as Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique.[3] The technique may be related to indigenous techniques of playing local monochords with a smooth object to create glissando.[4]
References edit
- ^ African Music. African Music Society. 1991.
- ^ Gerhard Kubik (15 November 2010). Theory of African Music. University of Chicago Press. pp. 246–. ISBN 978-0-226-45694-2.
- ^ Lorene Ruymar (1996). The Hawaiian Steel Guitar and Its Great Hawaiian Musicians. Centerstream Publications. pp. 43–. ISBN 978-1-57424-021-4.
- ^ Peter Manuel (1988). Popular Musics of the Non-Western World: An Introductory Survey. Oxford University Press. pp. 101–. ISBN 978-0-19-506334-9.