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MR.1959.13.8-A3
Basic facts:
| country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
| Senegal | | | | Wolof | | 1954 | Ames David |
Language and title:
original language: Wolof
title in original language: Samba Gilajagi
title in English:
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Solo | 1 | Halam (lute) |
MALE |
Characteristics:
general:
recite, vocal, instrumental, solo
function: historical song
length: unknown
Performers:
unknown
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Wolof Music of Senegal and the Gambia"
A griot (gewel) tells a story (legend, historic narrative) accompanied by a halam, a stringed instrument that would be the ancestor of the American banjo.
Tempo:
|
| average | 141.44 |
| median | 139.53 |
| minimum | 107.14 |
| maximum | 181.82 |
| standaard deviation | 13.28 |
| regression factor | -0.07 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura
Octave reduced tone scale
All pitch candidates
Melodic progress (fragment)
