TRACK 6 (Moy68-05-s07) Song 4: Kanga Rinyala Nga-ve Bangany-nyung
Sung text | Free translation |
kanga rinyala nga-ve bangany-nyung | Kanga rinyala, I’ve come for a song |
ngwe ngwe ngwe ngwe ngwe ngwe ni | Ngwe ngwe ngwe ngwe ngwe ngwe ni |
kanga rinyala nga-ve bangany-nyung yagarra | Kanga rinyala, I’ve come for a song, yagarra! |
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 | nga | -ve | bangany | -nyung |
SW | SW | 1MIN.S | come | song | DAT |
Kanga rinyala, I've come for a song
ngwe | ngwe | ngwe | ngwe | ngwe | ngwe | ni |
SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW |
ngwe ngwe ngwe ngwe ngwe ngwe ni
Melodic section 2
Text phrase 2
Rhythmic mode 2a (slow even)
kanga | rinyala | nga | -ve | bangany | -nyung | yagarra |
SW | SW | 1MIN.S | come | song | DAT | EXCL |
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 | nga | -ve | bangany | -nyung |
SW | SW | 1MIN.S | move | song | DAT |
Kanga rinyala, I've come for a song
ngwe | ngwe | ngwe | ngwe | ngwe | ngwe | ni |
SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW |
Ngwe ngwe ngwe ngwe ngwe ngwe ni
Melodic section 2
Text phrase 2
Rhythmic mode 2a (slow even)
kanga | rinyala | nga | -ve | bangany | -nyung | yagarra |
SW | SW | 1MIN.S | come | song | DAT | EXCL |
Kanga rinyala, I've come for a song, yagarra!
INSTRUMENTAL SECTION 2
Rhythmic mode 2 (slow even)
CODA
Rhythmic mode 5d (fast uneven triple)
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