MR.1970.1.3-B2

Basic facts:

country	province	region	village	people	group	date	collector
Zimbabwe	Manicaland	Chipinga		Ndau		1955	Hugh Tracey

Language and title:

original language: Ndau
title in original language: Ruwe-ruwe
title in English: Flowers, flowers

Musical composition:

type	# performers	instrument (type)	singing voice
Solo	1	Mbira Dza WaNdau (lamellaphone)	-

Characteristics:

general:
function: complaint
length: 2:30 min.

Performers:

Simon Mafiru Sitole

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

"The Sound of Africa Series - Sons d'Afrique Series"
Reference AMA. TR-3
Personal laments with "mbira dza WaNdau" and "deze" resonator.
"Flowers, flowers for a child to play with. My father died tragically at Makwiani. My mother stoops in the shade of the wood. This music is for worship at Marange."
The sad death of his father meant nothing to the children - only like a flower to play with. Now his mother walks in the shadow of death (literally walks bowed down), in the shade of the trees. His music in this song would be used in the worship or devotion of the souls (Mashawi) were he at home, at Marange.

Tempo:

average	165.98
median	166.67
minimum	127.66
maximum	193.55
standaard deviation	15.28
regression factor	0.01

Pitch:

Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)