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MR.1969.5.7-A2
Basic facts:
| country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
| Sierra Leone | | South | Waiama | Mende | Kpa-Mende | Dec 1962 | Schulze Gary |
Language and title:
original language: Mende
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Solo | 1 | - |
MALE | |
| Group | unknown | - |
MALE | |
Characteristics:
general:
responsorial, vocalresponsoriaal, vocaalresponsorial, vocal
function: work song
length: unknown
Performers:
unknown
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Music of the Mende of Sierra Leone"
Plowing song by a group of men; this song is for Mende rice planters to encourage themselves during work.
Tempo:
|
| average | 161.38 |
| median | 160 |
| minimum | 122.45 |
| maximum | 206.9 |
| standaard deviation | 14.41 |
| regression factor | -0.09 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)