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MR.1969.5.8-A6
Basic facts:
country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
Zambia | Eastern | | Congololo | Nsenga | | 25 Jul 1961 | Blacking John |
Language and title:
original language: Cewä
title in original language: Iyali iya
title in English:
Musical composition:
type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
Solo | 1 | - |
FEMALE |
Group | unknown | - |
FEMALE |
Characteristics:
general:
responsorial, vocal
function: work song
length: unknown
Performers:
unknown
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Music from Petauke of Northern Rhodesia, Vol. 1"
A group of women pounding grain sing to the rhythm of their work. A child, no doubt tired of being jostled on his mother's back while she works, cries and protests. Background noise, voices, humming.
recorded in the city Petauke
Tempo:
|
average | 118.11 |
median | 117.65 |
minimum | 90.9 |
maximum | 142.86 |
standaard deviation | 7.94 |
regression factor | 0.04 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)