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MR.1970.1.22-A1
Basic facts:
| country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
| Zimbabwe | Matabeleland North | Hwange | | Bemba | | 1957 | Hugh Tracey |
Language and title:
original language: Bemba
title in original language: Kasonde waritumpa, Kasonde mubanga
title in English: Kasondi is stupid
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Solo | 1 | (rattle) |
- |
| Solo | 1 | (struck object) |
- |
Characteristics:
general:
function: narrative song
length: 3:24 min.
Performers:
Kasonde, Mubanga
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"The Sound of Africa Series - Sons d'Afrique Series"
Reference AMA. TR-23
Topical song with rattle pole and bottle struck with a spoon.
Recording: Wankie Colliery, Wankie, South Rhodesia.
The rattle was composed of a wire hoop mounted on a pole about 6 feet high. A transverse wire had pieces of iron threaded on it, which rattled when the rattle-player struck the end of the pole on the ground and struck the side of the pole rhythmically in syncopation with the palm of his left hand.
Tempo:
|
| average | 190.89 |
| median | 190.48 |
| minimum | 146.34 |
| maximum | 222.22 |
| standaard deviation | 9.92 |
| regression factor | 0 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura
Octave reduced tone scale
All pitch candidates
Melodic progress (fragment)
