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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)