MR.1950.1.36-A

Basic facts:

country	province	region	village	people	group	date	collector
Republic of the Congo		Djambala	Lékana	Kukuya		1946	Mission Ougoué -

Language and title:

Musical composition:

type	# performers	instrument (type)	singing voice
Solo	1	(pluriarc)	-
Solo	1	(single-skin drum)	MALE
Solo	1	(rattle)	MALE

Characteristics:

general:

function: funeral
length: 3:00 min.

Performers:

unknown

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

Reference Musée de l'Homme MH. 48-21
This music is normally played during an important person's funeral, at the moment when the body is brought out of the hut and exposed, already packed, in the village.

Tempo:

average	131.28
median	130.43
minimum	105.26
maximum	153.85
standaard deviation	5.42
regression factor	0.05

Pitch:

Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)