MR.1959.11.4-B4

Basic facts:

country	province	region	village	people	group	date	collector
Ivory Coast				Adioukrou		1952	Rouget Gilbert

Language and title:

original language:
title in original language: Lohou
title in English: Ceremony of the Lohou

Musical composition:

type	# performers	instrument (type)	singing voice
Group	2	(drum)	-

Characteristics:

general: instrumental
function: ritual music
length: unknown

Performers:

unknown

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

"Batteries Africaines - Collection du Musée de l'Homme, Afrique, vol. 3"
Rhythms calling for the ceremony of the Lohou. A drummer plays a language based on inflections of human language on two drums set side by side. The lohou is a ritual related to a rite of passage from one age to another among the Adioukrou.

Tempo:

average	147.57
median	150
minimum	117.65
maximum	171.43
standaard deviation	11.96
regression factor	-0.21

Pitch:

Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)