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MR.1970.17.48-B2

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: Helele! Masupha
title in English:

Musical composition:

 type   # performers   instrument (type)   singing voice 
 Group   unknown   -   FEMALE 

Characteristics:

general:
function: dance song
length: 2:45 min.

Performers:

Mapaballo Mabusane

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

"The Sound of Africa Series - Sons d'Afrique Series"
Reference AMA. TR-102
"Helele! Masupha. What do you people say I should do at home? Masupha says we shall bear children anyhow! (promiscuously) Masupha has allowed us. The sling is strangling the baby. A hen never goes after a cock. But the hens at Kolo seem to be calling the cocks."


Tempo: help

tempo
average183.29
median181.82
minimum153.85
maximum214.29
standaard deviation8.95
regression factor0.04

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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