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MR.1970.17.47-A8

Basic facts:

 country   province   region   village   people   group   date   collector 
 Lesotho      Berea      Basotho      1959   Hugh Tracey 

Language and title:

original language: Sotho
title in original language: Kunyete
title in English: Girls dresses

Musical composition:

 type   # performers   instrument (type)   singing voice 
 Solo    1   (mouth organ)   MALE 

Characteristics:

general:
function: praise song
length: 0:59 min.

Performers:

Jacquot Mokete

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

"The Sound of Africa Series - Sons d'Afrique Series"
Reference AMA. TR-101
The player played an empty condensed milk tin picked up off the ground nearby, over the free end of the harmonica, vibrating it to and fro as far as his mouth position would allow, thus producing not only greater resonance to his own ear but a vibrato as well.


Tempo: help

tempo
average144.27
median146.34
minimum115.38
maximum176.47
standaard deviation12.71
regression factor-0.2

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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