Who knows songs?

Who knows the most songs?

Are the people who know the most songs considered the musicians?

Are there other criteria for determining who the musicians are (related to rank below)?

If so, what are they?

How many musicians are men? women?

Is being a musician a “full-time job”?

If not, what else do musicians do?

What does this illustrate about the level of specialization in the society?

Who are the people who may deal with musical instruments?

Who are the musical instrumentalists?

Who is considered a “good” musical instrumentalist and why?

Who may make musical instruments?

Who actually makes them?

Who may play which musical instruments?

Who actually plays them?

Who owns the musical instruments?

Who may hear which musical instruments?

Who may see which musical instruments?

What criteria are used to determine a good musician?

What effect does the gender of the musician have on whether or not he or she is considered a good musician?

What method is used by society to determine who becomes a musician?

Does the position of musician have an hereditary role within a clan?

What kind of training (both musical and nonmusical), if any, must one undergo to become a musician?

What effect, if any, does the consideration of talent have on becoming a musician?

What effect, if any, does the gender of a person have on becoming a musician?

What effect, if any, does the consideration of talent have on becoming a musician?

What effect, if any, does the gender of a person have on becoming a musician?

How is a musician regarded by the society?

How is a musician treated by the society?

How do the behavior patterns of musicians as individuals relate to those of the rest of society? (For example, do musicians distinguish themselves by wearing different clothing, either during performance or all the time?)

How do the behavior patterns of musicians as a group relate to those of the rest of society?

What happens if the individual musician's behavior deviates from the “norm” of society? Of the group of musicians?

How does this relate to deviancy by any other people within the society?

Is a musician part of a larger social group of musicians?

If so, how does the society treat the group of musicians?

What behavior, if any, sets them apart as a group?

What differences or similarities exist between how musicians are treated in public and how musicians are treated in private?

In groups where heredity is not a factor, how do parents feel about their children wanting to be musicians when they “grow up”?

Similarly, how do the children feel about being a musician when they “grow up”?

What effect does the gender of a musician have on the rank of a musician?

What effect does the clan insider versus clan outsider have on the rank of a musician? (In other words, if the position of musician may be filled by anyone, including someone outside the clan, is their rank affected by their being from outside the clan? And is the opposite true?)