Kasayi

Kasayi sansa of the Bashi and other peoples of Ruanda and the Congo, with wooden base to which a gourd resonator is attached, and 9 lamellae on the right side, 8 on the left. These are made of metal. Their common (relative) tuning is: left e1 e2 b♭1 d1 d2 a♭1 e♭2, right g0 g1 g2 f0 f1 b♭1. The base is held by the player's fingers while the lamellae are plucked with both thumbs. Cf. likembe (103, 139). Sort by:DefaultTitleDateAuthorAscendingDescending International Catalogue of Published Records…