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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:
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, instrumentalvocaal, instrumentaalvocal, 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)