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MR.1969.5.9-A3

Basic facts:

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

Language and title:

original language: Nsenga-Cewä
title in original language:
title in English: We had a good laugh / ...

Musical composition:

 type   # performers   instrument (type)   singing voice 
 Solo    1   Kalimba (lamellaphone)   MALE 

Characteristics:

general: vocal, instrumental, solo
function: entertainment
length: unknown

Performers:

Gideon Bingaili

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

"Music from Petauke of Northern Rhodesia, Vol. 2"
Two songs accompanied by a 14-key sanza, by a man:

- We had a good laugh
- Let's pity ourselves a little...
recorded in the city Petauke


Tempo: help

tempo
average122.42
median122.45
minimum100
maximum142.86
standaard deviation8.06
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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