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MR.1959.11.8-A2
Basic facts:
| country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
| Guinea | | | Bouéïlazou | Toma | | 1952 | J. Fichter et T. Saulnier P. D. Gaisseau, |
Language and title:
original language:
title in original language:
title in English: Angbai mask dance
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Solo | 1 | - |
MALE |
| Group | unknown | - |
BOY |
Characteristics:
general:
choir, vocal
function: ritual music
length: unknown
Performers:
unknown
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Guinée Française - Collection du Musée de l'Homme"
Angbai mask dance: half-sung, half-spoken dialogue between a group of young boys not yet initiated and Angbai, the forest spirit that sometimes comes to the village wearing his wooden mask surrounded by animal skins.
Tempo:
|
| average | 142.11 |
| median | 141.51 |
| minimum | 109.09 |
| maximum | 171.43 |
| standaard deviation | 10.32 |
| regression factor | -0.1 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura
Octave reduced tone scale
All pitch candidates
Melodic progress (fragment)
