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MR.1959.13.9-A2

Basic facts:

 country   province   region   village   people   group   date   collector 
 Liberia         Gbanga   Kpellé      1954   Ames David 

Language and title:


Musical composition:

 type   # performers   instrument (type)   singing voice 
 Group   6   -   MALE    

Characteristics:

general: choir, vocal
koor, vocaal
choeur, vocal
function: work song
length: unknown

Performers:

unknown

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

"Folk Music Of Liberia"
Work song by a group of six men who sing in the Liberian bush; a cutlass serves as their work tool.


Tempo: help

tempo
average115.87
median113.85
minimum89.55
maximum153.85
standaard deviation10.94
regression factor-0.09

Pitch: help

Tessitura

pitch tess

Octave reduced tone scale

pitch scale

All pitch candidates

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Melodic progress (fragment)

pitch melo