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MR.1959.11.3-A1
Basic facts:
| country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
| Guinea | | | | Malinké | | 1952 | Rouget Gilbert |
Language and title:
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Group | unknown | (bell) |
- | |
| Solo | 1 | Balafon (balan) (xylophone) |
MALE | |
| Solo | 1 | Balafon (balan) (xylophone) |
MALE | |
| Solo | 1 | Balafon (balan) (xylophone) |
MALE | |
| Group | 3 | (scraper) |
GIRL | |
Characteristics:
general:
vocal, instrumentalvocaal, instrumentaalvocal, instrumental
function: festive song
length: unknown
Performers:
Sidi Mamadi Dibaté
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Guinée, Sénégal, Dahomey - Collection du Musée de l'Homme, Afrique vol. 2"
Balafon music by a group of professional singers, "griots".
Tempo:
|
| average | 153.98 |
| median | 153.85 |
| minimum | 117.65 |
| maximum | 187.5 |
| standaard deviation | 12.72 |
| regression factor | -0.02 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)