Composer/lyricist: traditional
Date of composition: traditional
Date of recording: 1997
Performers/instruments: Unaccompanied female singers from the village of Alcamenca
Genre: harawi
Form: varied repetition of single melody, with each couplet separated by a short pause
Tempo/meter: nonmetrical

What to Listen for:

  • High vocal range
  • Melody based on a three-note scale
  • Descending glissandos at the end of each verse
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