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MR.1959.13.8-A2

Basic facts:

 country   province   region   village   people   group   date   collector 
 Senegal            Wolof      1954   Ames David 

Language and title:

original language: Wolof

Musical composition:

 type   # performers   instrument (type)   singing voice 
 Solo    1   Sabar (njol sabar) (single-skin drum)   -    
 Group   2   Gorong (single-skin drum)   -    
 Group   unknown   -   FEMALE    
 Group   unknown   -   MALE    

Characteristics:

general: responsorial, vocal, instrumental
responsoriaal, vocaal, instrumentaal
responsorial, vocal, instrumental
function: wedding
length: unknown

Performers:

unknown

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

"Wolof Music of Senegal and the Gambia"
Wedding music by the bride's relatives and friends; singing supported by three drums.


Tempo: help

tempo
average179.29
median181.82
minimum136.36
maximum214.29
standaard deviation13.29
regression factor-0.09

Pitch: help

Tessitura

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Octave reduced tone scale

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All pitch candidates

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Melodic progress (fragment)

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