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MR.1970.18.1-B3
Basic facts:
country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
Sierra Leone | | | | Mandingo | | 1961 | Hood Mantle |
Language and title:
original language:
title in original language: Sori
title in English: Sori (man's surname)
Musical composition:
type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
Solo | 1 | Kora (harp-zither) |
MALE |
Characteristics:
general:
vocal, instrumental
function: historical song
length: unknown
Performers:
Suntu Suso
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Africa - East and West"
Solo song by a man accompanied by a kora. The song relates a phase of the Samory Toure period, military leader who opposed French penetration in West Africa.
Tempo:
|
average | 144.5 |
median | 146.34 |
minimum | 107.14 |
maximum | 181.82 |
standaard deviation | 14.46 |
regression factor | -0.12 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)