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MR.1959.22.2-B1
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: Giraffe 2
Musical composition:
type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
Group | unknown | - |
MALE |
Group | unknown | - |
FEMALE |
Characteristics:
general:
choir
function: healing
length: unknown
Performers:
unknown
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Bushman Music and Pygmy Music"
Reference Bushman Music. Musée de l'Homme 55 - 4
Bushman women's choir and medicine men, Giraffe 2. Music with giraffe medicine. The women are singing and the men are dancing to activate the healing power of the medicine men before they begin their healing ceremony.
Tempo:
|
average | 137.83 |
median | 139.53 |
minimum | 101.69 |
maximum | 162.16 |
standaard deviation | 8.5 |
regression factor | -0.04 |
|
Pitch:
Tessitura

Octave reduced tone scale

All pitch candidates

Melodic progress (fragment)