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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:
|
| average | 183.29 |
| median | 181.82 |
| minimum | 153.85 |
| maximum | 214.29 |
| standaard deviation | 8.95 |
| regression factor | 0.04 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura
Octave reduced tone scale
All pitch candidates
Melodic progress (fragment)
