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MR.1950.1.61-B

Basic facts:

 country   province   region   village   people   group   date   collector 
 Gabon      Lastourville      Bawanji      1946   Mission Ougoué - 

Language and title:

title in original language: Moupenga

Musical composition:

 type   # performers   instrument (type)   singing voice 
 Group   4   (double-skin drum)   -    
 Group   unknown   (clapper)   -    
 Group   unknown   (bell)   -    
 Solo    1   -   MALE    
 Group   unknown   -   MALE    
 Group   unknown   -   FEMALE    

Characteristics:

general: choir, solo
koor, solo
choeur, solo
function: dance song
length: 3:00 min.

Performers:

unknown

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

Reference Musée de l'Homme MH. 48-35
"Moupenga": the dance's name. The song is called "Mesomba mama". The singer asks his father and mother to give him money to sing and dance.
Men's dance.


Tempo: help

tempo
average115.96
median116.5
minimum90.9
maximum139.53
standaard deviation8.79
regression factor0.01

Pitch: help

Tessitura

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Octave reduced tone scale

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All pitch candidates

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Melodic progress (fragment)

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