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MR.1959.11.8-A5
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:
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, instrumentalpolyfonie, vocaal, instrumentaalpolyphonie, vocal, instrumental
function: funeral
length: unknown
Performers:
unknown
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Guinée Française - Collection du Musée de l'Homme"
(Continuation from preceding track.) 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 | 173.29 |
| median | 171.43 |
| minimum | 136.36 |
| maximum | 206.9 |
| standaard deviation | 12.14 |
| regression factor | -0.13 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura
Octave reduced tone scale
All pitch candidates
Melodic progress (fragment)
