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MR.1970.31.1-14

Basic facts:

 country   province   region   village   people   group   date   collector 
 Kenya            Bukusu      1968   Bernard Henry 

Language and title:

original language:
title in original language:
title in English:

Musical composition:

 type   # performers   instrument (type)   singing voice 
 Group   unknown   (bell)   - 
 Solo    1   -   MALE 
 Group   unknown   -   MALE 
 Group   unknown   -   FEMALE 

Characteristics:

general: choir, instrumental, solo
function: narrative
length: unknown

Performers:

unknown

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

Villager's story about famine in the villages. A woman is going to the chief to ask for food. He replies: "Go look for food in the forest. There's enough there. Bring back a living leopard, we will share it."


Tempo: help

tempo
average151.56
median151.9
minimum117.65
maximum181.82
standaard deviation8.81
regression factor-0.01

Pitch: help

Tessitura

pitch tess

Octave reduced tone scale

pitch scale

All pitch candidates

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Melodic progress (fragment)

pitch melo