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MR.1966.2.4-A4
Basic facts:
| country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
| Ethiopia | | | Addis Abéba (Mausolée de Ménélik) | | Coptes d'Ethiopie | 07 Jan 1965 | Jenkins Jean |
Language and title:
original language: Ge'ez / Amharique
title in original language:
title in English: God made a little child
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Solo | 1 | - |
MALE |
| Solo | 1 | - |
MALE |
| Solo | 1 | - |
MALE |
Characteristics:
general:
vocal, unison
function: religious song
length: unknown
Performers:
unknown
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"An Anthology of African Music - Ethiopia I - Copts"
A celebrant sings the good news that God made a little child; he is followed by two other men who sing in antiphony. In the song's two parts note the recourse to melisma and to the pentatonic scale.
Tempo:
|
| average | 133.26 |
| median | 133.93 |
| minimum | 101.69 |
| maximum | 162.16 |
| standaard deviation | 10.15 |
| regression factor | -0.06 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura
Octave reduced tone scale
All pitch candidates
Melodic progress (fragment)
