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MR.1970.17.3-A1

Basic facts:

 country   province   region   village   people   group   date   collector 
 Malawi      Rumpi      Tumbuka   Henga   1957   Hugh Tracey 

Language and title:

original language: Tumbuka/Henga
title in original language: Mwayowoya ciyowoyeyeowoye mwayowoya
title in English: If you don't know what you are talking about

Musical composition:

 type   # performers   instrument (type)   singing voice 
 Group   6   -   MALE 

Characteristics:

general:
function: entertainment
length: 3:12 min.

Performers:

Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi, Smart Chigwamba

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

"The Sound of Africa Series - Sons d'Afrique Series"
Reference AMA. TR-54
The song is addressed to a "gate crasher" who is trying to force himself into a drinking party. The others say: "Why should you drink our beer, after all, we paid for it." "Go away, you don't know what you are talking about." Then men had pooled their resources to buy the beer and then they found an eleventh among them who had not paid.


Tempo: help

tempo
average144.15
median146.34
minimum109.09
maximum187.5
standaard deviation13.75
regression factor-0.11

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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