Listen Along
Here you you will find MP3 audio tracks of the Buhai from Romania. Click on the link to play the track to share with your class now, or right click on the link and choose “save as” to save the track to your own computer and share with your class later.
- Buhai ox sounds from Tartarusi, Romania “Plugusor” with recitation, bell (imitating the bell around an ox’s neck), flute, bass drum, and buhai during the Christmas and New Year’s Festival (from field recordings in Romania by Ann Briegleb Schuursma 1971-72, located at Ethnomusicology Archive, University of California, Los Angeles)
- Buhai ox sounds from Tartarusi, Romania “Buhai alone” (from field recordings by Ann Briegleb Schuursma 1971-72)
- Buhai with calls, shouts, and oxen bell and whip sounds from Popesti, Romania “Plugusor” (from field recordings by Ann Briegleb Schuursma 1971-72)
Play Along
Here you will find MP3 audio tracks of the Buhai from Romania to download and share with your class. Your students can play along, following instructions found in the relevant curriculum chapter. Download TUBS notation paper. Click on the link below to listen to the track or right click on the link and choose “save as” to save the track to your own computer.
| Audio Track | Time |
|---|---|
| Buhai – notation of ox sounds (playing a homemade buhai) | 0:50 |
Resources
Download the PDF of the Audio Content Notes to Roots of Rhythms lessons 1 through 10.
View more resources—CDs, DVDs, and websites—for each instrument.