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MR.1970.17.47-B4
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: Hela Banana
title in English: Hey! Girls!
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Solo | 1 | (frame drum) |
- | |
| Solo | 1 | (single-skin drum) |
FEMALE | |
| Solo | 1 | (handclapping) |
MALE | |
| Solo | 1 | (handclapping) |
FEMALE | |
| Group | unknown | (handclapping) |
FEMALE | |
Characteristics:
general:
function: fortune telling
length: 6:06 min.
Performers:
James Mofokeng, Mahanyane Rakaki, Mamojela Letsipa
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"The Sound of Africa Series - Sons d'Afrique Series"
Reference AMA. TR-101
"Hey! Girls, the reaping machine is making a noise. At sunrise I reap. Mother Matabo, men. Father Manyetse. At sunrise, at Koali's village. Mother Matholoana, the Chieftainess." The song is interspersed with "Lithoko" and exhortations to throw away medicines and charms.
Tempo:
|
| average | 159.29 |
| median | 155.84 |
| minimum | 120 |
| maximum | 206.9 |
| standaard deviation | 19.04 |
| regression factor | -0.11 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura
Octave reduced tone scale
All pitch candidates
Melodic progress (fragment)
