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:

title in original language: Monzele Pakou

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
koor, solo
choeur, 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)