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MR.1969.5.8-B2

Basic facts:

 country   province   region   village   people   group   date   collector 
 Zambia   Eastern      Cimate   Nsenga      25 Jul 1961   Blacking John 

Language and title:

original language: Cewä
title in original language: Ô dai !
title in English:

Musical composition:

 type   # performers   instrument (type)   singing voice 
 Solo    1   Mbalule (single-skin drum)   - 
 Solo    1   Kelemu (single-skin drum)   - 
 Solo    1   Gunda (double-skin drum)   - 
 Solo    1   -   GIRL 
 Group   unknown   -   GIRL 

Characteristics:

general: responsorial, vocal, instrumental
function: dance song
length: unknown

Performers:

Ailola Chirwa, Conala Daka, Mutonta Phiri, Tivwalenji Lungu

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

"Music from Petauke of Northern Rhodesia, Vol. 1"
Dance song by a group of young girls supported rhythmically by the three drums of track B-1.
recorded in the city Petauke


Tempo: help

tempo
average152.31
median153.85
minimum122.45
maximum171.43
standaard deviation6.5
regression factor-0.01

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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