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MR.1969.18.1-4

Basic facts:

 country   province   region   village   people   group   date   collector 
 Uganda   Ankole   Kashaari   Mbarara         1966   Paul van Thiel 

Language and title:

original language:
title in original language:
title in English:

Musical composition:

 type   # performers   instrument (type)   singing voice 
 Solo    1   Engoma (double-skin drum)   - 
 Group   unknown   Ensheegu (whistle)   - 

Characteristics:

general:
function: court music
length: unknown

Performers:

unknown

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

Royal music, recorded in Mugaba Palace, on the hill Kamukuzi.
The engoma also has some bells.
Obusheegu name variant ensheegu.
recorded in the former kingdom Ankole (Southern Uganda)


Tempo: help

tempo
average142.48
median142.86
minimum109.09
maximum162.16
standaard deviation8.43
regression factor0.14

Pitch: help

Tessitura

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Octave reduced tone scale

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All pitch candidates

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Melodic progress (fragment)

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