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MR.1950.1.31-A

Basic facts:

 country   province   region   village   people   group   date   collector 
 Gabon   Haut-Ogooue   Mounzai      Bawoumbou      1946   Mission Ougoué - 

Language and title:

original language:
title in original language: Mbango Bèdzo
title in English:

Musical composition:

 type   # performers   instrument (type)   singing voice 
 Group   3   (double-skin drum)   - 
 Group   unknown   (bell)   - 
 Group   unknown   (rattle)   - 
 Group   unknown   (bell)   - 
 Group   unknown   -   MALE 
 Group   unknown   -   FEMALE 

Characteristics:

general: choir
function: circle dance
length: 3:00 min.

Performers:

unknown

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

Reference: Musée de l'Homme 48-1
Mbango bedzo
Mbango: man's proper name
bedzo: knife
Mbango is sorry because his knife is at the other end of the village.


Tempo: help

tempo
average188.16
median187.5
minimum146.34
maximum214.29
standaard deviation12.36
regression factor0.02

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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