MR.1959.11.8-A4

Basic facts:

country	province	region	village	people	group	date	collector
Guinea			Touéléou	Toma		1952	J. Fichter et T. Saulnier P. D. Gaisseau,

Language and title:

original language:
title in original language:
title in English: Funeral songs

Musical composition:

type	# performers	instrument (type)	singing voice
Group	unknown	-	FEMALE
Solo	1	-	FEMALE
Group	unknown	(rattle)	FEMALE

Characteristics:

general: polyphony, vocal, instrumental
function: funeral
length: unknown

Performers:

unknown

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

"Guinée Française - Collection du Musée de l'Homme"
Funeral songs for the death of an elderly village woman: songs with calabash rattles, a cappella polyphonic singing in thirds often found among populations in the Guinean forest. The vocal ensemble comes together on a final long note sung in unison.

Tempo:

average	174
median	173.91
minimum	133.33
maximum	214.29
standaard deviation	14.59
regression factor	-0.12

Pitch:

Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)