TRACK 6 (Moy68-05-s07) Song 4: Kanga Rinyala Nga-ve Bangany-nyung

As indicated in the notes to track 5, this version of song 4 ‘Kanga Rinyala’ suspends the stick beating in the first text phrase of vocal section 2, although clapping accompaniment in the same tempo can be heard in the background (for a musical transcription see (for a musical transcription, see Marett, 2005, p 165). Song structure summary below marks this stick suspension by labelling it ‘rhythmic mode 2b’ and contrasting it with the normal rhythmic mode 2 beating (here labelled ‘rhythmic mode 2a’).

Song structure summary

VOCAL SECTION 1

Melodic section 1

Text phrase 1

Rhythmic mode 2a (slow even)

Kanga rinyala, I've come for a song

ngwe ngwe ngwe ngwe ngwe ngwe ni

Melodic section 2

Text phrase 2

Rhythmic mode 2a (slow even)

Kanga rinyala, I've come for a song, yagarra!

INSTRUMENTAL SECTION 1

Rhythmic mode 2 (slow even)

VOCAL SECTION 2

Melodic section 1

Text phrase 1

Rhythmic mode 2b (slow even—stick beating suspended)

Kanga rinyala, I've come for a song

Ngwe ngwe ngwe ngwe ngwe ngwe ni

Melodic section 2

Text phrase 2

Rhythmic mode 2a (slow even)

Kanga rinyala, I've come for a song, yagarra!

INSTRUMENTAL SECTION 2

Rhythmic mode 2 (slow even)

CODA

Rhythmic mode 5d (fast uneven triple)

yit ngayi yit ngowe, ngayi yit ngayi yit ngowe …