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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:

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
koor, vocaal, instrumentaal
choeur, 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: help

tempo
average158.49
median157.89
minimum130.43
maximum187.5
standaard deviation12.17
regression factor-0.02

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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