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MR.1959.11.8-A3
Basic facts:
| country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
| Guinea | | | Bouéïlazou | Toma | | 1952 | J. Fichter et T. Saulnier P. D. Gaisseau, |
Language and title:
original language:
title in original language:
title in English:
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Group | unknown | (drum) |
- |
| Group | unknown | - |
MALE |
Characteristics:
general:
vocal, instrumental
function: festive song
length: unknown
Performers:
unknown
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Guinée Française - Collection du Musée de l'Homme"
Instrumental and vocal music during the election of a canton's chief: membrane drums held between the legs, hourglass-shaped armpit drums held under the arm. The drums perform after animal sacrifices: a cock, a ram, a bull offered to the ancestors. The celebration can last several days.
Tempo:
|
| average | 146 |
| median | 146.34 |
| minimum | 111.11 |
| maximum | 171.43 |
| standaard deviation | 10.94 |
| regression factor | -0.01 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura
Octave reduced tone scale
All pitch candidates
Melodic progress (fragment)
