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MR.1973.6.2-A3
Basic facts:
| country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
| Gambia | | Kombo District | Serrekunda | Mandinka (Mandingo) | | Jun 1970 | Knight Roderic |
Language and title:
original language: Malinké
title in original language: Ala le ye a ke
title in English: God wanted it that way
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Solo | 1 | Kora (harp-lute) |
MALE |
Characteristics:
general:
vocal, instrumental
function: narrative song
length: 5:45 min.
Performers:
Kunnye Saho
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Kora Manding - Mandinka music of the Gambia"
Solo song by a man accompanying himself on a kora; the theme is a quarrel between two Mandinka royal brothers of whom the younger usurped power to supplant his older brother upon their father's death
Tempo:
|
| average | 97.79 |
| median | 96.77 |
| minimum | 75.94 |
| maximum | 130.43 |
| standaard deviation | 10.22 |
| regression factor | -0.05 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura
Octave reduced tone scale
All pitch candidates
Melodic progress (fragment)
