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MR.1959.11.7-A5
Basic facts:
country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
Benin | | | Abomey | | | 1952 | Rouget Gilbert |
Language and title:
original language:
title in original language:
title in English: The Nifossousso dance
Musical composition:
type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
Group | unknown | (rattle) |
- |
Group | unknown | (drum) |
- |
Group | unknown | (bell) |
- |
Group | unknown | - |
FEMALE |
Characteristics:
general:
choir, vocal, instrumental
function: ritual music
length: unknown
Performers:
unknown
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Dahomey, Musique des Princes"
In this track, the group of women, having changed costume and with shaven heads, sketch a solemn dance step together to the rhythm of the indicated instruments.
Tempo:
|
average | 158.49 |
median | 157.89 |
minimum | 130.43 |
maximum | 187.5 |
standaard deviation | 12.17 |
regression factor | -0.02 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)