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MR.1950.1.32-A
Basic facts:
country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
Republic of the Congo | | Ouesso | Gandicolo | Ngoundi | | 1946 | Mission Ougoué - |
Language and title:
original language:
title in original language: Monzele Pakou
title in English:
Musical composition:
type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
Solo | 1 | (lamellaphone) |
- |
Solo | 1 | (struck object) |
- |
Group | 5 | - |
MALE |
Solo | 1 | - |
MALE |
Solo | 1 | - |
FEMALE |
Characteristics:
general:
choir, solo
function: satire
length: 3:00 min.
Performers:
Mondéléndoumbé et choeur
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
Reference Musée de l'Homme MH. 48-5
Saucy song.
"Monsele Pakou": These words mean a certain filling manioc dish. A woman exhorts her husband not to eat so much of it, because he's already had too much and won't be able to attend to his marital duties.
Tempo:
|
average | 146.2 |
median | 146.34 |
minimum | 109.09 |
maximum | 181.82 |
standaard deviation | 14.29 |
regression factor | -0.13 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)