What is unique in the treatment of the melody in “Sisters, Hold on to Your Chastity” (a ganga from the central European nation-state named Bosnia and Herzegovina). Be sure to follow the Active Listening guide as you listen to the selection

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• Three female singers sing polyphony—more than one melody at the same time. A lead singer begins a line and is then joined by two other singers. The close musical intervals among the voices may make the music sound "dissonant or harsh" to American listeners, but the music is considered "harmonically pleasing or consonant" to the singers who perform it and their local audience.

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