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MR.1954.1.1-3
Basic facts:
| country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
| Rwanda | | Kigali | Mazane | Hutu | | Apr 1954 | Zending Scohy-Stroobants |
Language and title:
original language: Kinyarwanda
title in original language: Umusambi
title in English: The crowned crane
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Solo | 1 | (handclapping) |
GIRL |
| Group | 20 | (handclapping) |
GIRL |
Characteristics:
general:
responsorial
function: dance song
length: 3:35 min.
Performers:
unknown
Fragment:
Remarks:
Twenty-some young girls.
The theme of this song is a reflection on the life's misadventures: to whom do we owe the fortunate ones? To god who foresees everything. Who feeds crowned cranes? God, who thinks of his creatures.
Tempo:
|
| average | 87.18 |
| median | 86.95 |
| minimum | 77.92 |
| maximum | 98.36 |
| standaard deviation | 2.98 |
| regression factor | 0.01 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura
Octave reduced tone scale
All pitch candidates
Melodic progress (fragment)
