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:

title in English: Angbai mask dance

Musical composition:

type	# performers	instrument (type)	singing voice
Solo	1	-	MALE
Group	unknown	-	BOY

Characteristics:

general: choir, vocal
koor, vocaal
choeur, 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)