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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:
|
average | 188.16 |
median | 187.5 |
minimum | 146.34 |
maximum | 214.29 |
standaard deviation | 12.36 |
regression factor | 0.02 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)