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MR.1959.11.4-B5
Basic facts:
| country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
| Ivory Coast | | | | Baoulé | | 1952 | Rouget Gilbert |
Language and title:
original language:
title in original language:
title in English:
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Group | 6 | (drum) |
- |
| Solo | 1 | (bell) |
- |
Characteristics:
general:
instrumental
function: festive song
length: unknown
Performers:
unknown
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Batteries Africaines - Collection du Musée de l'Homme, Afrique, vol. 3"
During a celebration of chiefs: rhythms on six drums:
- a large drum (tall as a man) that expresses forms of greetings,
- a pair of "talking" drums similar to the preceding but shorter,
- three drums that each plays an unvarying rhythm to the ringing of an iron bell,
an ostinato which supports the first three drums.
Tempo:
|
| average | 127.05 |
| median | 127.66 |
| minimum | 100 |
| maximum | 150 |
| standaard deviation | 7.22 |
| regression factor | -0.05 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura
Octave reduced tone scale
All pitch candidates
Melodic progress (fragment)
