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MR.1970.17.47-A9
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: Piroena eo ke e bireng
title in English: This language I speak
Musical composition:
type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
Group | 2 | - |
MALE |
Characteristics:
general:
function: walking song
length: 3:06 min.
Performers:
Jacquot Mokete, Ralechate Ntsolo
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
Reference AMA. TR-101
"This language I speak, you speak without knowing it. In the battle of tongues, I should have been a lawyer. The language which is widely understood. You should have made holes in the mountains so that I could go in and see the country between Natal and Aooeng and the land between Winburg and Bloemfontijn." "Aooeng" means "the place where people say 'Aooeng'", i.e. the Eastern Free State, a reference to their mode of speech, or dialect.
Tempo:
|
average | 123.79 |
median | 124.22 |
minimum | 93.75 |
maximum | 157.89 |
standaard deviation | 11.76 |
regression factor | -0.09 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)