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MR.1970.17.3-A2
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: Chigwinini chikuko mana nawo
title in English: A man with 2 wives has no wife
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Group | 6 | - |
MALE |
Characteristics:
general:
function: entertainment
length: 3:07 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
If a man has 2 wives they are jealous of each other; when he goes to see the one, she says: "Go away to your other wife, I don't want you." And when he goes to the other she says: "I'm not your wife, go and see the other one." So in the end he has no wife and doesn't know where to go. This composition is not unlike a Russian folk song.
Tempo:
|
| average | 172.67 |
| median | 173.91 |
| minimum | 133.33 |
| maximum | 214.29 |
| standaard deviation | 14.3 |
| regression factor | -0.07 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura
Octave reduced tone scale
All pitch candidates
Melodic progress (fragment)
