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MR.1969.5.7-A5
Basic facts:
| country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
| Sierra Leone | | South | Kenema | Mende | | Dec 1962 | Schulze Gary |
Language and title:
original language: Mende
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Solo | 1 | (accordeon) |
MALE | |
Characteristics:
general:
vocal, instrumental, solovocaal, instrumentaal, solovocal, instrumental, solo
function: entertainment
length: unknown
Performers:
Salia Koroma
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Music of the Mende of Sierra Leone"
Salia Koroma is Mende singer famous throughout Sierra Leone. He's invited by all chiefs of Sierra-Leonean territory and released a good number of song recordings commercially.
Tempo:
|
| average | 155.15 |
| median | 155.04 |
| minimum | 117.65 |
| maximum | 200 |
| standaard deviation | 14.91 |
| regression factor | -0.17 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura
Octave reduced tone scale
All pitch candidates
Melodic progress (fragment)
