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MR.1959.11.6-A5
Basic facts:
| country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
| Guinea | | | Kalala | Malinké | | 1952 | Rouget Gilbert |
Language and title:
original language:
title in original language:
title in English:
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Solo | 1 | (flute) |
- |
| Solo | 1 | (drum) |
- |
| Group | unknown | - |
MALE |
Characteristics:
general:
vocal, instrumental
function: ritual music
length: unknown
Performers:
unknown
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Musique d'Afrique Occidentale"
Circumcision ceremony music: flute, drum and choir whose rhythm is traditionally intended to make chiefs' horses dance; at dawn on the day of circumcision.
Tempo:
|
| average | 156.08 |
| median | 156.86 |
| minimum | 122.45 |
| maximum | 176.47 |
| standaard deviation | 7.76 |
| regression factor | 0.06 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura
Octave reduced tone scale
All pitch candidates
Melodic progress (fragment)
