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  "id": "polynesian_himene_tarava",
  "name": "Polynesian himene tarava (Tahitian / Cook-Island congregational polyphony)",
  "family": "global",
  "lineage": "Tahitian and Cook-Island congregational polyphonic Christian-hymn tradition that emerged through the post-1797 London Missionary Society Protestant evangelization of French Polynesia — fusing pre-contact Polynesian vocal practice with Western hymn-text structure; the canonical himene tarava is a three-or-more-voice unaccompanied congregational form sung by maohi communities across Tahiti, Moorea, Raiatea, and the Cook Islands, with named voice-parts including the marû (high female voice carrying ornament), the tahito (text-leading voice), the haamana (bass anchor), and the falsetto-break leo-kiekie octave-leap as a deliberate ornament-figure; parallel forms include Tahitian aparima (sung-with-gesture form), ute (humorous improvisational form), and Cook-Island ute and akaau congregational hymns; preserved through annual Heiva i Tahiti festival competition and the Cook Islands National Arts Theatre cultural-preservation infrastructure",
  "recipe": "classic late-1790s polynesian himene tarava, ritual Devotional, indigenous branch, vocal drone modal apsua song georgian three-voice polyphony. vocal fry, breath veiled tone, breath pulsed, interlocked note trading. mixed satb canonical 4 part western three voice polyphonic regional kakhetian three voice two soloists choral drone global traditional polyphonic choir ensemble. country church. ORTF stereo pair, portable field-recorder pre. 24-bit digital.",
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      "polynesian_himene_tarava",
      "abkhaz_polyphonic_song",
      "georgian_three_voice_polyphony"
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          "voice_ensemble_config": "voice_ensemble_four_plus_polyphony",
          "voice_ornament_system": "voice_ornament_polynesian_falsetto",
          "voice_pitch_organization": "voice_pitch_vedic_three_tone",
          "voice_processing_chain": "voice_processing_tape_saturation",
          "voice_multitrack_stack": "voice_multitrack_2010s_melodyne_microtuned"
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        "id": "choir_ensemble",
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          "choir_regional_canonical_configuration": "choir_regional_kakhetian_three_voice",
          "choir_ensemble_repertoire": "choir_ensemble_global_traditional"
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      }
    ],
    "room": "wooden_country_church",
    "archetype": "arch_ethnographic_field_digital",
    "inline_chain": {
      "mic": "condenser_sdc",
      "pre": "pre_field_recorder_portable",
      "console": "clean",
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      "eq": null,
      "amp": null,
      "medium": "digital_high"
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    "tuning": "just_intonation",
    "aesthetic": null,
    "arrangement": null,
    "fx_extras": []
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  "source": {
    "tuning": "just_intonation",
    "room": "wooden_country_church",
    "parts": {
      "voice_register": "chest_voice",
      "voice_quality": "speech_voice",
      "voice_speech_song": "voice_non_lexical_vocable",
      "voice_tradition": "polynesian_oli_tradition",
      "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_polynesian_falsetto",
      "voice_estill_quality": "voice_estill_falsetto",
      "voice_vibrato": "straight_tone",
      "voice_mechanism_compound": "voice_mechanism_single_source",
      "choir_size": "chamber_choir",
      "choir_ensemble_repertoire": "choir_ensemble_global_traditional"
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    "chain_mic": "condenser_sdc",
    "chain_pre": "pre_field_recorder_portable",
    "chain_medium": "digital_high",
    "chain_console": "clean"
  }
}