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MR.1973.6.2-A1
Basic facts:
| country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
| Gambia | | Jimara District | Kerewan | Mandinka (Mandingo) | | Oct 1970 | Knight Roderic |
Language and title:
original language: Malinké
title in original language: Lambango
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Solo | 1 | - |
FEMALE | |
| Solo | 1 | Kora (harp-lute) |
MALE | |
| Solo | 1 | Kora (harp-lute) |
MALE | |
Characteristics:
general:
vocal, instrumentalvocaal, instrumentaalvocal, instrumental
function: historical song
length: 7:55 min.
Performers:
Fatumata Jebateh, Keba Kamaso, Musa Makan Suso
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Kora Manding - Mandinka music of the Gambia"
Song by a woman accompanied by two men kora players. One of the oldest songs of the Mandinka, it evokes the time of Sunjiata.
Tempo:
no information available
Pitch:
Tessitura
Octave reduced tone scale
All pitch candidates
Melodic progress (fragment)
