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MR.1959.11.6-A1
Basic facts:
country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
Guinea | | | Kankan | 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 | 3 | Balafon (balan) (xylophone) |
- |
Group | unknown | (bell) |
- |
Group | unknown | (scraper) |
- |
Group | unknown | - |
FEMALE |
Characteristics:
general:
vocal, instrumental
function: festive song
length: unknown
Performers:
Sidi Karamon, Sidi Mamadi Dibaté, Sidi Moussa
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Musique d'Afrique Occidentale"
Party song among the Malinke with mainly three xylophones of which one is the conducting instrument whereas the two others play unchanging ostinato.
Tempo:
|
average | 155.12 |
median | 157.07 |
minimum | 115.38 |
maximum | 181.82 |
standaard deviation | 13.34 |
regression factor | 0.01 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)