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MR.1959.11.4-B6

Basic facts:

 country   province   region   village   people   group   date   collector 
 Benin            Nago      1952   Rouget Gilbert 

Language and title:

original language:
title in original language:
title in English: A divinity's greeting

Musical composition:

 type   # performers   instrument (type)   singing voice 
 Group   2   Bata (double-skin 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 on two Bata drums: the smaller one plays the supporting ostinato, the large one expresses, in nago language, greetings to the Orisha divinities. A small bell is enclosed in the chamber of this drum and jumps at each strike.


Tempo: help

tempo
average153.42
median153.85
minimum133.33
maximum176.47
standaard deviation4.8
regression factor-0.01

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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