Tune for scattering the flock

Audio file
Date recorded: September 1, 1967 to September 30, 1967
Contributor(s): Performer: Ahaidou Shepherds; Performer: Unidentified shepherd; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: instrumental, shepherd's song
Culture: Amazigh, Moroccan
Instruments: tawat
Setting: By the roadside
Location: Dades Valley, Ouarzazate, Souss-Massa-Drâa, Morocco
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T2091
Track Number: 11
Archive ID: T2091R11
Note: With a group of Ahaidou shepherds. Alan Lomax’s interpreter explains on the next track that this song is played to divide up and scatter the flock into smaller groups.
Belongs to: Dades Valley 9/67
About the session: Recordings of a troupe of traveling ahaidou (Central Moroccan shepherd folk) musicians from the High Atlas town of Rich. The tawat (double oboe) player demonstrates various musical commands he uses in his shepherding–different tunes for gathering, driving, or scattering the flock, as well as calls to frighten away wild animals.
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