..another hybrid from Phillip Nangle..
music
The Bull is Breaking Out!
This is a marimba composition of mine that I have arranged and performed on karimbas. The painting was created during the process of working on the music.
painting: “The Silent Wars” acrylic on canvas 130 x 93 cm 2016 Published by Phillip Nangle.
Nyanga Njanja
Moon Full of What?
The day can’t turn into night
The moon’s shining too bright
Unknown sounds mingle, emerge
The man paces
He shakes his head, his leg, his house, his bed
The cosmos rages
Ring around the moon in silent weather
The showdown abates
The kettle boils
Fridge-car, car-fridge-stove, car-fridge,
stove-fridge-car, stove-fridge-car, fridge-stove, car-fridge
Modern Man Chant Main Chorus:
Fridge-stove-car, car-stove-fridge
stove-car-fridge, fridge-stove-car
Lead Solo Chanter: (higher pitch, more nasal)
Stove-car-fridge-stove-car-stove-fridge-car-fridge-stove-car
More Chorus Tenor Lead X3
Stooooove-fridge-stooooove-fridge
car-stove-fridge-car, kettle, kettle, kettle
Moooooooonn!! said the cow
Moooooooooo! said the car
Mona!! said the man
Monday! said the night
still shining light as day
painting nyanganjanja (oil on board) and poem by P. Nangle 2005
Chromatic Kora (in progress)
“Oh No! A Chromatic Kora!!” (in the making) Oh dear, couldn’t resist..haha! What you can do with that 12 string Jumbo Guitar forgotten in the cupboard! (Handlebars still to be put on).
The strings sit in two ranks of 6 whole tones of the chromatic scale. Notice there are no gaps in the upper rank of the chromatic marimba in the photograph because it is also in a double 6 layout (2 whole tone scales). In considering building a chromatic mbira a good option is this layout with pitches ascending in semi-tones alternating left, right, left, right etc..(as in the progression of notes of the kalimba and the kora) The double 6 chromatic layout is symmetrical and each particular chord shape in the fingers or the mallets remains the same throughout like with the ascending bar chords on the guitar.
The Boiling Ferment
Music Notation Series
I painted “The Boiling Ferment” (acrylic on canvas 104x67cm) round the same time that I arranged and recorded this piece of music “Nhem.5/7” which was performed on 3 octave karimbas.
These took place during the process of my partner and I producing 220 litres of our own wine. Although growing one’s food oneself is time-consuming, the satisfaction of doing so is immense.
Phillip Nangle 