Stebbins, R. 1963 Feb. 27 Lord Midway visited at Berkeley. He allowed me to copy a tape he made on Temiar songs. The Temiar people are Malay aborigines. Che Malu b. Along, Midway's aboriginal servant, whom I photographed, is a member of their tribe. The music should perhaps be called prestimemtal. Segments of bamboo, varying in length and diameter and closed at one end are struck against a log. The node a closed end is brought against the log as the segment is held vertically. The musician holds a segment in each hand and strikes them against the log alternately. Two people may play in a somewhat syncopated rhythm. Pitch can be regulated by the length of the segments. They are shortened until the desired note is achieved. Once the musical instruments, then, are of percussion type. Midway says the singers recorded are striving a rather trivial song - "Goodbye, We hope you'll come again", etc". A hissing sound heard occasionally is made with parted lips and slightly parted teeth. The women may echo phrases sung by the men.