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MR.1959.13.8-B2
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: Ndei Kumba
title in English: Mother Petticoat
Musical composition:
type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
Solo | 1 | - |
MALE |
Group | unknown | (handclapping) |
GIRL |
Group | unknown | (handclapping) |
FEMALE |
Characteristics:
general:
responsorial, vocal
function: satire
length: unknown
Performers:
unknown
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Wolof Music of Senegal and the Gambia"
Satirical song by a griot to whom a group of young girls and young women respond; among the Wolof a woman surnamed "Mother Petticoat" is the one who wears the pants in a household.
Tempo:
|
average | 87.27 |
median | 88.23 |
minimum | 68.18 |
maximum | 101.69 |
standaard deviation | 4.29 |
regression factor | 0.03 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)