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MR.1969.2.1-B3
Basic facts:
| country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
| Swaziland | | | | Swazi | | 1968 | Rycroft David |
Language and title:
original language:
title in original language: Umhlanga
title in English:
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Group | unknown | - |
GIRL |
Characteristics:
general:
choir, vocal
function: dance song
length: unknown
Performers:
unknown
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Swazi Vocal Music - recordings by the KMMA and the BRT, no 1"
Dance song by a group of young girls in the context of the Umhlanga ceremony organised each year in July in the queen-mother's home. The ceremony gathers many young girls who sing while cutting reed stems intended to reinforce the queen-mother's royal surrounding enclosure.
Tempo:
|
| average | 166.59 |
| median | 164.38 |
| minimum | 130.43 |
| maximum | 200 |
| standaard deviation | 16.15 |
| regression factor | -0.29 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura
Octave reduced tone scale
All pitch candidates
Melodic progress (fragment)
pitch melo not available