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MR.1959.22.2-A3
Basic facts:
country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
Namibia | | Nyae Nyae | | Bosjesmannen | | 1953 | |
Language and title:
original language: Khoisan
title in original language:
title in English:
Musical composition:
type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
Group | 3 | - |
FEMALE |
Characteristics:
general:
function: unknown
length: unknown
Performers:
unknown
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Bushman Music and Pygmy Music"
Reference Bushman Music. Musée de l'Homme 55 - 3
Three bushmen women singing. Nisa ! na, an old medicine woman, and two other old women sing about the giraffe medicine music given to her in a dream by the great god who lives in the eastern sky.
Tempo:
|
average | 128.02 |
median | 127.66 |
minimum | 120 |
maximum | 139.53 |
standaard deviation | 3.52 |
regression factor | 0.01 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)