MR.1959.11.4-A1

Basic facts:

country	province	region	village	people	group	date	collector
Guinea				Malinké		1952	Rouget Gilbert

Language and title:

original language:
title in original language: Gui dounou
title in English: Percussion with water drum

Musical composition:

type	# performers	instrument (type)	singing voice
Solo	1	(drum)	-
Group	2	(drum)	-

Characteristics:

general: instrumental
function: entertainment
length: unknown

Performers:

unknown

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

"Batteries Africaines - Collection du Musée de l'Homme, Afrique, vol. 3"
Rhythms "to make women dance" with the drum called "Gui dounou": a water drum or calabash-drum made of two large hemispheric calabashes full of water and set on the ground side by side. The drummer strikes the calabashes with other spoon-shaped calabashes. This drum is supported by two other wood and membrane drums.

Tempo:

average	132.17
median	133.33
minimum	103.45
maximum	153.85
standaard deviation	5.04
regression factor	0.06

Pitch:

Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)