MR.1970.18.1-A7

Basic facts:

country	province	region	village	people	group	date	collector
Ghana				Lobi		1962	Hood Mantle

Language and title:

original language: Lobi
title in original language:
title in English:

Musical composition:

type	# performers	instrument (type)	singing voice
Group	unknown	Gyil (xylophone)	-

Characteristics:

general: instrumental
function: dance song
length: unknown

Performers:

unknown

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

"Africa - East and West"
Performance of xylophones: this instrument is played among the Lobi to give rhythm to dancing or to accompany funeral songs (burial or mourning).

Tempo:

average	149.23
median	150
minimum	115.38
maximum	171.43
standaard deviation	8.96
regression factor	0.01

Pitch:

Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)