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MR.1969.5.7-B4
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 | Segbure (rattle) |
- |
Solo | 1 | Sangbei (single-skin drum) |
- |
Solo | 1 | - |
MALE |
Characteristics:
general:
responsorial, vocal
function: festive song
length: unknown
Performers:
unknown
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Music of the Mende of Sierra Leone"
Festival music in honor of a notable who was visiting his native region at Moyamba, during Christmas.
Tempo:
|
average | 154.26 |
median | 153.85 |
minimum | 117.65 |
maximum | 181.82 |
standaard deviation | 8.47 |
regression factor | -0.02 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)