Humdrum Practice Exercise #2

For this exercise you will need to know how to use a text editor like pico, vi or emacs. In addition, you will need to know the following commands:

Find the directory containing Ojibway songs. These songs were collected by Frances Densmore between 1907 and 1909. Answer the following questions.

1. How many Ojibway songs are present in this directory? Answer.
   
   
2. What proportion of the Ojibway songs are sung by women? Answer.
   
   
3. The names of the singers are coded in the "MPN" reference record. Who sang the most number of songs for Densmore? Answer.
   
   
4. In this encoded collection, drum patterns have been encoded using a simple comment "!! Drum-rhythm:". How many different drum patterns are present in Densmore's collection? Answer.
   
   
5. Which drum pattern is the most frequently used? Answer.
   
   
6. Most of the songs Densmore collected in Minnesota. What other state(s) did Densmore collect Ojibway songs? Answer.
   
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