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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: help

tempo
average144.69
median146.34
minimum113.21
maximum193.55
standaard deviation15.68
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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