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MR.1966.2.3-A4
Basic facts:
| country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
| Central African Republic | | Extrême Ouest | Beya | Benzélé | | 1965 | Geneviève Taurelle Simkha Aron et |
Language and title:
original language: Sango
title in original language: Kongo asséka
title in English:
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Solo | 1 | Maïtou (single-skin drum) |
- |
| Solo | 1 | Mona (single-skin drum) |
- |
| Solo | 1 | Motopaï (single-skin drum) |
- |
| Group | 2 | Awoko (rattle) |
- |
| Solo | 1 | (struck object) |
- |
| Solo | 1 | (handclapping) |
MALE |
| Solo | 1 | (handclapping) |
MALE |
| Group | unknown | (handclapping) |
MALE |
| Group | unknown | (handclapping) |
FEMALE |
Characteristics:
general:
polyphony, responsorial, vocal, instrumental
function: mourning
length: unknown
Performers:
unknown
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"An Anthology of African Music - Ba-Benzélé Pygmies"
Dance polyphony by a a group of men and women performed in the context of a mourning vigil. The theme, apparently far from being death, concerns an old man rejected by a young girl whom he wanted to marry but found him too old.
Tempo:
|
| average | 130.83 |
| median | 130.43 |
| minimum | 96.77 |
| maximum | 153.85 |
| standaard deviation | 8.88 |
| regression factor | 0.02 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura
Octave reduced tone scale
All pitch candidates
Melodic progress (fragment)
