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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: help

tempo
average143.56
median142.86
minimum107.14
maximum181.82
standaard deviation16.16
regression factor-0.15

Pitch: help

Tessitura

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Octave reduced tone scale

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Melodic progress (fragment)

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