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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:
original language:
title in original language:
title in English:
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)