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MR.1959.11.2-A3
Basic facts:
country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
Benin | | | | Yoruba | | 1959 | Rouget Gilbert |
Language and title:
original language:
title in original language: Iwi Egungun
title in English: Recitation for the ghosts
Musical composition:
type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
Solo | 1 | (struck object) |
- |
Group | 4 | - |
MALE |
Characteristics:
general:
vocal
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"
Another Mariwo song: the Iwi of the Egoungoun or invocation of the ghosts (a kind of recitation).
Tempo:
|
average | 176.01 |
median | 176.47 |
minimum | 136.36 |
maximum | 206.9 |
standaard deviation | 13.95 |
regression factor | -0.16 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)