[78-L] Vastrap

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Sat Jan 18 12:30:07 PST 2014


It's one disc and it sounds as if both sides are for dancing, similarly up 
tempo. Both have vocals.

dl

On 1/18/2014 2:20 PM, Matthew Duncan wrote:
> I have only ever seen the term refer to a style of music and I believe it has something to do with a certain manner of melodic phrasing.  Do all the discs have the same tempo or beat?? Or are they different?
>
> Cheers
> Matt, UK.
>
>
>
> On Saturday, 18 January 2014, 19:12, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>  wrote:
>
> What does "vastrap" mean in context with a South African 78? Is it a dance or
> musical form? Means "stand firm" in Afrikaans, I understand, but it's also a
> site for nuclear testing and the name of an airstrip in the Kalahari. And it's
> a word on the labels of this Gallotone 78 I'm about to list.
>
> dl


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