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MR.1969.5.7-B1
Basic facts:
| country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
| Sierra Leone | | South | Waiama | Mende | | Dec 1962 | Schulze Gary |
Language and title:
original language: Mende
title in original language:
title in English:
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Solo | 1 | Sangbei (single-skin drum) |
- |
| Group | unknown | Segbure (rattle) |
- |
| Solo | 1 | Kongoma (lamellaphone) |
- |
| Solo | 1 | - |
MALE |
| Group | unknown | - |
GIRL |
| Group | unknown | - |
FEMALE |
| Group | unknown | - |
GIRL |
| Group | unknown | - |
BOY |
Characteristics:
general:
responsorial, vocal, instrumental
function: festive song
length: unknown
Performers:
unknown
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Music of the Mende of Sierra Leone"
On Christmas Eve, very late Christmas day and during other big celebrations (Ramadan's end, traditional celebrations), all of Waiama village dances: children, women, men, notables, to the rhythms of drums.
Tempo:
no information available
Pitch:
Tessitura
Octave reduced tone scale
All pitch candidates
Melodic progress (fragment)
