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MR.1970.1.3-B1
Basic facts:
| country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
| Zimbabwe | Manicaland | Chipinga | | Ndau | | 1957 | Hugh Tracey |
Language and title:
original language: Ndau
title in original language: Ndinochema amasebe
title in English: I am crying, mother-in-law
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Solo | 1 | Mbira Dza WaNdau (lamellaphone) |
- |
| Solo | 1 | - |
MALE |
Characteristics:
general:
function: complaint
length: 2:50 min.
Performers:
Simon Mafiru Sitole
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"The Sound of Africa Series - Sons d'Afrique Series"
Reference AMA. TR-3
Topical song with "mbira dza WaNdau" and "deze" resonator.
"See, I am crying, mother-in-law. Poverty, elder brother, alack. See, Sophiatown is bad, Patisoni. In my distress I think of home. Happiness to you all at Marange."
The singer sings about the conditions in which he finds himself at Sophiatown, near Johannesburg, where he works as a carpenter's assistant. His home, Marange, is in the Chipinga District of South Rhodesia, about 400 miles northeast of Johannesburg.
Tempo:
|
| average | 144.69 |
| median | 146.34 |
| minimum | 113.21 |
| maximum | 193.55 |
| standaard deviation | 15.68 |
| regression factor | -0.15 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura
Octave reduced tone scale
All pitch candidates
Melodic progress (fragment)
