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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)