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MR.1959.11.3-B3
Basic facts:
country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
Benin | | Bas Benin | | Fon | | 1952 | Rouget Gilbert |
Language and title:
original language:
title in original language:
title in English:
Musical composition:
type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
Group | unknown | Mpété (Kpété) (flute) |
- |
Solo | 1 | (bell) |
- |
Group | unknown | - |
FEMALE |
Characteristics:
general:
vocal, instrumental
function: historical song
length: unknown
Performers:
unknown
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Guinée, Sénégal, Dahomey - Collection du Musée de l'Homme, Afrique vol. 2"
Historical song with women's choirs and Mpete flutes of the Dossou Yovo family in lower Benin.
Tempo:
|
average | 156 |
median | 155.84 |
minimum | 120 |
maximum | 200 |
standaard deviation | 15.17 |
regression factor | -0.14 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)