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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: help

tempo
average176.01
median176.47
minimum136.36
maximum206.9
standaard deviation13.95
regression factor-0.16

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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