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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: help

tempo
average155.12
median157.07
minimum115.38
maximum181.82
standaard deviation13.34
regression factor0.01

Pitch: help

Tessitura

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Octave reduced tone scale

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All pitch candidates

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Melodic progress (fragment)

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