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MR.1966.2.3-A6
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: Mokombi
title in English:
Musical composition:
type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
Solo | 1 | - |
FEMALE |
Characteristics:
general:
vocal, solo
function: lullaby
length: unknown
Performers:
Djimbo
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"An Anthology of African Music - Ba-Benzélé Pygmies"
Lullaby without words of the genre called "mokombi": improvisation within a fixed melodic context, in a style that respects the intervals with great precision.
Tempo:
|
average | 127.71 |
median | 127.66 |
minimum | 100 |
maximum | 162.16 |
standaard deviation | 11.05 |
regression factor | -0.09 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)