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MR.1959.11.2-A1

Basic facts:

 country   province   region   village   people   group   date   collector 
 Benin            Yoruba      1952   Rouget Gilbert 

Language and title:

original language:
title in original language: Ogbon
title in English: Ogbon choirs and drums

Musical composition:

 type   # performers   instrument (type)   singing voice 
 Group   unknown   Ogbon (drum)   - 
 Group   unknown   -   MALE 

Characteristics:

general: vocal, instrumental
function: ritual music
length: unknown

Performers:

unknown

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

"Dahomey, Musique des Revenants - Collection du Musée de l'Homme, Afrique vol. 1"
Music of the Egoun Ghosts (drums and choirs) recorded during a ceremony intended for a dead person to ensure his entry into the afterlife, that he is happy being there and that he holds no grudges against the living. This ceremony exists among come Yoruba families of Nigeria and lower Benin.


Tempo: help

tempo
average143.43
median142.86
minimum113.21
maximum166.67
standaard deviation7.2
regression factor-0.02

Pitch: help

Tessitura

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Octave reduced tone scale

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All pitch candidates

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Melodic progress (fragment)

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