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MR.1973.6.2-A4
Basic facts:
| country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
| Gambia | | Jimara District | Chajele | Mandinka (Mandingo) | | Jun 1970 | Knight Roderic |
Language and title:
original language: Malinké
title in original language: Suolu Kili
title in English: Call to the Horses
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Solo | 1 | - |
FEMALE | |
Characteristics:
general:
vocal, solovocaal, solovocal, solo
function: war song
length: 1:15 min.
Performers:
Nyulo Jebateh
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Kora Manding - Mandinka music of the Gambia"
Solo song by a woman, reserved uniquely for women and performed to encourage warriors engaged in combat and to give them the strength necessary for victory.
Tempo:
|
| average | 182.61 |
| median | 181.82 |
| minimum | 142.86 |
| maximum | 214.29 |
| standaard deviation | 12.53 |
| regression factor | -0.07 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura
Octave reduced tone scale
All pitch candidates
Melodic progress (fragment)
