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MR.1959.11.7-A7

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, instrumental
koor, vocaal, instrumentaal
choeur, 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: help

tempo
average137.14
median136.36
minimum113.21
maximum162.16
standaard deviation8.28
regression factor0.05

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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