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  "id": "aka_baka_polyphony",
  "name": "Aka / Baka forest forager polyphony",
  "family": "global",
  "lineage": "Central African Republic and southeastern Cameroon Aka / Baka / BaYaka rainforest hunter-gatherer four-and-more-part polyphonic vocal tradition — characterized by four canonical voice-parts in the Aka system (motangole the principal melodic voice, ngue-wa-lembo the equivalent of a bass anchor, osese the middle voice, and diyei the upper yodeled M1-M2-rapid-alternation voice with open vowels in M1 and closed/high vowels in M2), hocket interlocking single-note distribution across the ensemble, polyrhythmic-layered independent ostinato cycles per voice, and overlap-driven entrance-and-exit aesthetic; documented through the Simha Arom canonical ethnomusicological field-recording-and-analysis program (1970s-onward Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France) and Susanne Fürniss yodel-mechanism phonetic analysis, with parallel Mbenga-Mbuti (Ituri Forest DRC pygmy-polyphonic tradition) related-but-distinct repertoire",
  "recipe": "classic mid-1970s aka / baka forest forager polyphony, drone Modal, heterophonic branch, indigenous ritual devotional, west African griot ballad poetry tuareg tendé pestle-rhythm song shipibo-conibo icaros healing songs. vocal fry, breath veiled tone, straight note core, interlocked note trading. a cappella small 3 to 8 one per part four voice polyphonic regional mbenga mbuti three voice ostinato hocket yodel global traditional polyphonic choir ensemble. forest clearing. small-diaphragm pencil condenser, portable field-recorder pre. tape 15ips.",
  "recipe_chars": 550,
  "score": 355.226,
  "config": {
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      "aka_baka_polyphony",
      "tuareg_tende_pestle",
      "shipibo_icaros"
    ],
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          "voice_vibrato": "terminal_vibrato",
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          "voice_microtone": "maqam_inflected",
          "voice_tradition": "yoruba_tonal_vocal_tradition",
          "voice_mechanism_compound": "voice_mechanism_M0_pulse_borrowed",
          "voice_estill_quality": "voice_estill_nasal_twang",
          "voice_speech_song": "voice_sprechgesang_notated",
          "voice_ensemble_config": "voice_ensemble_four_plus_polyphony",
          "voice_ornament_system": "voice_ornament_sub_saharan_polyphonic",
          "voice_pitch_organization": "voice_pitch_meantone_quarter_comma",
          "voice_processing_chain": "voice_processing_tube_saturation",
          "voice_multitrack_stack": "voice_multitrack_2010s_melodyne_microtuned"
        },
        "scores": {
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      },
      {
        "id": "choir_ensemble",
        "slots": {
          "choir_size": "a_cappella_small_ensemble_3_8",
          "choir_polyphonic_configuration": "choir_polyphony_four_voice_polyphonic",
          "choir_regional_canonical_configuration": "choir_regional_mbenga_mbuti_three_voice_ostinato",
          "choir_ensemble_repertoire": "choir_ensemble_global_traditional"
        },
        "scores": {
          "choir_size": 13.325,
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      }
    ],
    "room": "forest_clearing",
    "archetype": "arch_nagra_ethnographic_field",
    "inline_chain": {
      "mic": "condenser_sdc",
      "pre": "pre_field_recorder_portable",
      "console": "clean",
      "comp": null,
      "eq": null,
      "amp": null,
      "medium": "digital_high"
    },
    "tuning": "just_intonation",
    "aesthetic": null,
    "arrangement": null,
    "fx_extras": []
  },
  "source": {
    "tuning": "just_intonation",
    "room": "forest_clearing",
    "parts": {
      "voice_register": "chest_voice",
      "voice_quality": "speech_voice",
      "voice_speech_song": "voice_syllabic_singing",
      "voice_tradition": "modern_pop_vocal_training",
      "voice_pitch_organization": "voice_pitch_just_intonation",
      "voice_processing_chain": "voice_processing_unprocessed",
      "voice_ensemble_config": "voice_ensemble_solo_accompanied",
      "voice_multitrack_stack": "voice_multitrack_single_lead",
      "voice_microtone": "tempered_voice",
      "voice_ornament_system": "voice_ornament_none",
      "voice_estill_quality": "voice_estill_speech",
      "voice_vibrato": "straight_tone",
      "voice_mechanism_compound": "voice_mechanism_single_source",
      "choir_size": "chamber_choir",
      "choir_ensemble_repertoire": "choir_ensemble_global_traditional"
    },
    "chain_mic": "condenser_sdc",
    "chain_pre": "pre_field_recorder_portable",
    "chain_medium": "digital_high",
    "chain_console": "clean"
  }
}