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MR.1969.3.9-A4
Basic facts:
| country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
| Tunisia | | | Mansoula | Arabier | | 1960 | Laade Wolfgang |
Language and title:
original language: Arab
title in English: The muezzin's call to prayer
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Solo | 1 | - |
MALE | |
Characteristics:
general:
vocalvocaalvocal
function: religious song
length: unknown
Performers:
Alî ben Alî Houidi
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Tunisia: Volume 2: Religious Songs and Cantillations"
Call of the faithful to prayer to one of the simplest melodies comprised of two notes of an interval half-key.
Tempo:
|
| average | 138.06 |
| median | 137.93 |
| minimum | 113.21 |
| maximum | 176.47 |
| standaard deviation | 10.79 |
| regression factor | -0.14 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)