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MR.1959.11.7-A2
Basic facts:
| country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
| Benin | | | Abomey | | | 1952 | Rouget Gilbert |
Language and title:
title in English: Tohossou music
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Group | unknown | (drum) |
- | |
| Group | unknown | - |
MALE | |
Characteristics:
general:
vocal, instrumentalvocaal, instrumentaalvocal, instrumental
function: ritual music
length: unknown
Performers:
unknown
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Dahomey, Musique des Princes"
Choir and drums for the first dance in the context of the ritual celebration of the Tohossou; the dance is undertaken by a procession of women who dance while marching.
Tempo:
|
| average | 142.7 |
| median | 142.86 |
| minimum | 111.11 |
| maximum | 166.67 |
| standaard deviation | 9.75 |
| regression factor | 0.01 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura
Octave reduced tone scale
All pitch candidates
Melodic progress (fragment)
