The Sound of a Person The Sound of a Person: A Music-Cognitive Study in the Finisterre Range in Papua New Guinea.

Konggap, sung melodic motifs that last only a few seconds embody the acoustic representation of a person among the Yupno people of Papua New Guinea and are a unique phenomenon in the Pacific. The konggap forms a very complex system of personal identification and expression of social relationships; a...

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Published in:	Oceania Vol. 83; no. 2; pp. 63 - 88
Main Authors:	Ammann, Raymond, Keck, Verena, Wassmann, Jürg
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Jul2013
Subjects:	Papua New Guinea Music education Indigenous peoples Singers Yupna (Papua New Guinean people)
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost