The Varieties of Native American Music

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Native American music refers to those created, used, performed and sung by Native North Americans most specifically their traditional tribal music.

The styles and genres of this music depend on the region where they are produced and each region uses characteristic musical instruMents. Songs are composed agreeing to their uses for rituals, collective gatherings, accompaniMent to dance, weddings, etc. What role does music play in Native American people's life?

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North American Indians accompany their emphasized singing with percussion instruMents like drums and rattles. Their songs consist of lullabies, guardian spirit songs, songs telling stories, curing songs and songs for daily activities and work.

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Eastern woodlands music use a relaxed vocal style and emphasized middle voice range. In special songs, they use vocal techniques like rapid vibrato and yodelling improving the music's expressive quality. Their dance songs also have a distinctive style which involves the use of call and response; the leader sings first solo and then answered by the dancers together. This style is rare among North American Indians.

The Plains Indians have the most distinctive style in singing with their tense, nasal vocal quality. Musicians from the northern Plains have a higher range than those in the Southern Plains. Plains music ordinarily start high then descends by steps until it ends on the lowest pitch. In powwow dance songs, the singers succeed a slightly dissimilar tempo from that of the drumbeat adding to the complexity of the music.

Great Basin singers merge words and vocables and act out intricate and subtle imagery in their songs for curing rituals, puberty ceremonies, first fruits celebrations, and storytelling dances.

The Varieties of Native American Music

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