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MR.1969.5.7-A3

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
title in original language:
title in English: Drum message

Musical composition:

 type   # performers   instrument (type)   singing voice 
 Solo    1   Kelei (slit-drum)   - 

Characteristics:

general: instrumental
function: transmitting messages
length: unknown

Performers:

unknown

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:


Tempo: help

no information available

Pitch: help

Tessitura

pitch tess

Octave reduced tone scale

pitch scale

All pitch candidates

pitch allpitch

Melodic progress (fragment)

pitch melo