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MR.1969.5.9-A1
Basic facts:
| country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
| Zambia | Eastern | | Mawilili | Nsenga | | 25 Jul 1961 | Blacking John |
Language and title:
original language: Cewä
title in original language:
title in English: A house without a child / ...
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Solo | 1 | Kalimba (lamellaphone) |
BOY |
Characteristics:
general:
vocal, instrumental, solo
function: entertainment
length: unknown
Performers:
Taiad Mwanza
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Music from Petauke of Northern Rhodesia, Vol. 2"
Six songs accompanied by a 14-key sanza, by a boy:
- Hello, oh mama of Booi
- A house without a child..
- Let's flee the rain
- Few among you live with a woman
- A woman is capable of killing a chicken, her husband, a cow...
- Short wheat ripens sooner
recorded in the city Petauke
Tempo:
|
| average | 143.56 |
| median | 142.86 |
| minimum | 107.14 |
| maximum | 181.82 |
| standaard deviation | 16.16 |
| regression factor | -0.15 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura
Octave reduced tone scale
All pitch candidates
Melodic progress (fragment)
