Demonstration of 3 plucked lyre rhythms by Ts'aypano Aamintso TSA2012-01-18_001-003

Ts'aypano Aamintso, a lyre musician from Bayo Boraza, performs three plucked rhythms on the lyre with no accompanying lyrics in order to teach viewers of the recording to identify these rhythms in other song performances: 1. Kaa'ooda (plucked version), 2. Hazaaza ('wattled ibis'), 3. Shepherd song (no indigenous name has written down at the time of the recording). Ts'aypano is a farmer living in Bayo Boraza. She is also a lyre musician, her repertoire consists of plucked lyre songs. She is Wondu Sooddo's wife. Yvonne Treis is a linguist and works on Ethiopian languages at CNRS in France.