Cantu a tenore

**Cantu a tenòre** (Sardinian kasa mu: su tenòre, su cuncòrdu, su cuntràttu, su cussèrtu, s’agorropamèntu, su cantu a pròa; Italia kasa mu: canto a tenore) yɛ ɔkwan a wɔfa do tow ndwom a wɔdze ndze ahorow pii to a ɔyɛ Sardinia supɔw no su (Italy ma ɔtɔ do ebien supɔw a ɔso sen obiara), tsitsir Barbagia mantɔw no, ɔwɔ mu dɛ Sardinia amantɔw nkakraba afofor bi kutsa atsetsesɛm a ɔtse dɛm ho nhwɛdo dze.

Afe 2005 mu no, UNESCO bɔɔ cantu no dawur dɛ ɔyɛ tenore dɛ ɔyɛ amambra egyapadze a wonntum mmfa hɔn nsa nnka ho nhwɛdo.

## Abɔse
Onnyi dɛ wɔdze asɛmfua tenore frafra asɛmfua ‘tenor’ dɛ ɔnye nkyerɛwdze ho nkyerɛkyerɛmu tsiaba; ɔkyerɛ kwan a wɔfa do tow ndwom ankasa na ɔda nsew wɔ akwan afofor a ɔtse dɛm ara a wɔdze dzin ahorow frɛ no wɔ mbea ahorow wɔ supɔw no do, tse dɛ taja wɔ Gallura na concordu wɔ Logudoro (Sassu 1978).

Barbagia mantɔw a ɔwɔ Sardinia supɔw do no, ndwom a ɔson no mu biara ebien na ɔwɔ hɔ: cuncordu, a mpɛn pii no ɔyɛ ndwom krɔnkrɔn, a wɔdze ndze a wɔtaa tow, na tenore, a mpɛn pii no ɔyɛ ndwom a ɔyɛ ahohwibra, a wɔdze ndwom a ɔbor do dzi dwuma na ɔhyɛ no egyinae.

## Akwan Ahorow

Cantu a tenore yɛ atsetsesɛm mu no, mbanyin ndwontofo ekuw a wogyina hɔ wɔ kurukuruwa a ɔbɛn mu na wɔyɛ. Odwontofo biara wɔ dwuma soronko bi, na wɔabobɔ dzin wɔ ha dɛ mbrɛ ɔnye enyigye a ɔkɔ famu ndzidzido ndzidido—yɛ ndwontofo kuw (tenore ntease foforo):

* *<nowiki/>'oche* or *boche* (pronounced /oke/ or /boke/, 'voice') is the solo voice
* *mesu 'oche* or *mesu boche* is the 'half voice'
* *contra* is the 'counter'
* *bassu* as 'bass'

Bassu no tow ndwom kor no ara a ‘oche no to no, na ɔnye bassu no etsifi nkyem enum mu kor. 'Oche ne mesu 'oche dze ndze a wɔdze to ndwom daa to ndwom, ber a contra na bassu no dze kwan bi a ɔka anom no tow ndwom. ‘Oche no tow anwensɛm mu nkyerɛwee bi wɔ Sardinian kasa mu, a obotum ayɛ ayɛsɛm, abakɔsɛm, asersɛm, amorous anaa mpo protest genre. Ndwontofo ndwom no yɛ enyigye nkyerɛwdze a ɔyɛ nkwaseasɛm (sɛ nhwɛdo no, Bim-Bam-Boo).

Dɛ mbrɛ atsetsesɛm a agye dzin kyerɛ no, musu 'oche suasua mframa enyigyei, ber a contra no suasua oguan a ɔrobɔ ose na bassu no suasua nantwi a ɔrobɔ ose.

Ndze a ɔno nkotse no hyɛ ase yɛ ndze a ɔyɛ monodic na afei afofor no ka ho ber a ɔkyerɛ hɔn no dɛ wɔbɛka ho.

Nkɛntɛndo no yɛ ma ɔtse dɛ krukruba kakra gye dɛ nsɛntsitsir a ndwontofo afofor no dze hɔn ho hyɛ mu no gu ahorow na, ntsi, ɔson mbrɛ ndwom no hyia wɔ nkyerɛase biara mu. Ɔson mbrɛ wokum no wɔ nsɛm a ɔkɔ ekyir mu wɔ nkurase a wɔto tenore bi wɔ hɔ no mu biara mu araa ma wotum hu ekura no ntsɛm ara.

## Amambra

Ɔwɔ mu dɛ ndɛyi mbanyin nkotsee na wɔyɛ cuncordu na cantu a tenore dze, naaso nkaa no da ho ara wɔ ber bi a mbea ekuw so yɛɛ ndwom, a wodzii Sardinia matriarchal atsetsesɛm ekyir no ho. Dɛ mbrɛ nyimpa ho enyimdzefo binom kyerɛ no, na wɔyɛ cantu a tenore wɔ Nuragic ber do.

Ekuw a wonyim hɔn yie a wɔyɛ tenore no bi nye Tenores di Bitti, Tenore de Orosei, Tenore di Oniferi na Tenores di Neoneli.

## Notes

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# **^** Omar Bandinu, Il canto a tenore, dai nuraghi all'Unesco, Siti, 16(2,3), 2006 Archived November 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

## Mboaedze

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## External links

*The Oral Tradition of the a Tenore Song, an expression of Intangible heritage of the Sardinian pastoral culture
*Sardinian Music - Buy Sardinian Music
*Tenores.org
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