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MR.1959.13.13-B10

Basic facts:

 country   province   region   village   people   group   date   collector 
 South Africa            Zulu   Zulu, Swazi, ...      Leon Verwilghen 

Language and title:

original language:
title in original language: Ndlamu / Mgido Dance
title in English:

Musical composition:

 type   # performers   instrument (type)   singing voice 
 Group   unknown   (drum)   - 

Characteristics:

general: instrumental
function: entertainment
length: unknown

Performers:

South african miners

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

"African & Afro-American Drums"
Mgido or Ndlamu dance rhythms also called "dances of the gold mines". Johannesburg gold miners hailing from nearly every South African people participate in these dances. Together they form what over there is called the Zingili Clan.


Tempo: help

tempo
average103.02
median103.45
minimum81.08
maximum109.09
standaard deviation3
regression factor0

Pitch: help

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Octave reduced tone scale

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All pitch candidates

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Melodic progress (fragment)

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