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MR.1969.5.7-A4

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: Prayers to Allah

Musical composition:

 type   # performers   instrument (type)   singing voice 
 Group   unknown   -   MALE 

Characteristics:

general: recite, vocal
function: religious song
length: unknown

Performers:

unknown

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

"Music of the Mende of Sierra Leone"
Prayers addressed to Allah by a group of Muslims.


Tempo: help

tempo
average167.4
median166.67
minimum127.66
maximum206.9
standaard deviation15.68
regression factor-0.17

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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