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MR.1969.5.8-A8
Basic facts:
| country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
| Zambia | Eastern | | Ciluku | Nsenga | | 25 Jul 1961 | Blacking John |
Language and title:
original language: Cewä
title in original language:
title in English: Alas, alas! I cry
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Solo | 1 | - |
FEMALE |
| Group | 2 | - |
FEMALE |
Characteristics:
general:
responsorial, vocal
function: sadness
length: unknown
Performers:
Annie Banda, Ida Sakala, Lekesina Banda
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Music from Petauke of Northern Rhodesia, Vol. 1"
Lament by three women singing about the world's poverty and misery.
recorded in the city Petauke
Tempo:
|
| average | 149.25 |
| median | 150 |
| minimum | 117.65 |
| maximum | 181.82 |
| standaard deviation | 11.48 |
| regression factor | -0.06 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura
Octave reduced tone scale
All pitch candidates
Melodic progress (fragment)
