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MR.1969.2.1-B4

Basic facts:

 country   province   region   village   people   group   date   collector 
 Swaziland            Swazi      1968   Rycroft David 

Language and title:

title in original language: Umhlanga / Awusekhuze

Musical composition:

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

Characteristics:

general: choir, vocal
koor, vocaal
choeur, 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"
This half-sung, half-recited song is performed at the end of the harvest, always in the context of the Umhlanga ceremony.


Tempo: help

tempo
average155.08
median153.85
minimum120
maximum200
standaard deviation14.11
regression factor-0.16

Pitch: help

Tessitura

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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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