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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: help

tempo
average123.79
median124.22
minimum93.75
maximum157.89
standaard deviation11.76
regression factor-0.09

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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