Back
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)
