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MR.1954.1.1-5
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: Ye he Mana
title in English: Oh God!
Musical composition:
type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
Group | 20 | (handclapping) |
GIRL |
Solo | 1 | unknown |
GIRL |
Characteristics:
general:
responsorial
function: lullaby
length: 4:46 min.
Performers:
unknown
Fragment:
Remarks:
Mazane is an island in Lake Ruhero. The beauty of the bride is enhanced by her will to work. She is warned that she's not the first woman and that everything will happen as it has for other women.
Lullaby during the wedding ceremony.
Tempo:
|
average | 168.98 |
median | 171.43 |
minimum | 130.43 |
maximum | 200 |
standaard deviation | 12.23 |
regression factor | 0.02 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)