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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:
|
average | 153.42 |
median | 153.85 |
minimum | 133.33 |
maximum | 176.47 |
standaard deviation | 4.8 |
regression factor | -0.01 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)