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MR.1959.11.7-A6
Basic facts:
| country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
| Benin | | | Abomey | | | 1952 | Rouget Gilbert |
Language and title:
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Group | unknown | (rattle) |
- | |
| Group | unknown | (drum) |
- | |
| Group | unknown | (bell) |
- | |
| Group | unknown | - |
FEMALE | |
Characteristics:
general:
choir, vocal, instrumentalkoor, vocaal, instrumentaalchoeur, vocal, instrumental
function: ritual music
length: unknown
Performers:
unknown
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Dahomey, Musique des Princes"
Botro dance: more lively and rapid than that of the preceding track (59.11.6/B-6): it is a feminine warrior dance, performed individually by each of the women present at the ceremony.
Tempo:
|
| average | 126.01 |
| median | 127.66 |
| minimum | 98.36 |
| maximum | 146.34 |
| standaard deviation | 10.25 |
| regression factor | -0.08 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)