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MR.1959.11.3-A3
Basic facts:
country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
Guinea | | | | Malinké | | 1952 | Rouget Gilbert |
Language and title:
original language:
title in original language:
title in English:
Musical composition:
type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
Group | 2 | (drum) |
- |
Group | unknown | - |
BOY |
Characteristics:
general:
vocal, instrumental
function: ritual music
length: unknown
Performers:
unknown
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Guinée, Sénégal, Dahomey - Collection du Musée de l'Homme, Afrique vol. 2"
Circumcision ritual song among the Malinke; it is performed during rejoicing organised during the return to the village after the forest retreat.
Tempo:
|
average | 127.09 |
median | 127.66 |
minimum | 105.26 |
maximum | 153.85 |
standaard deviation | 6.91 |
regression factor | 0.06 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)