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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:
original language:
title in original language:
title in English:
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"
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 | 137.14 |
| median | 136.36 |
| minimum | 113.21 |
| maximum | 162.16 |
| standaard deviation | 8.28 |
| regression factor | 0.05 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura
Octave reduced tone scale
All pitch candidates
Melodic progress (fragment)
