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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: help

tempo
average137.83
median139.53
minimum101.69
maximum162.16
standaard deviation8.5
regression factor-0.04

Pitch: help

Tessitura

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Octave reduced tone scale

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All pitch candidates

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Melodic progress (fragment)

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