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Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 42
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: AIM Song, American Indian Dance Theatre, American Indian opera, Arapaho music, Blackfoot music, Canyon Records, Celebration (Alaska festival), Chicken scratch, First Nations Composer Initiative, Frances Densmore, Ghost Dance, Indianist movement, Iroquois music, Kiowa music, Maroon music, Native American Composers Apprenticeship Project, Native American hip hop, Native American music, Native American Music Awards, Navajo music, Peyote song, Pow wow, Pueblo music, Seminole music, Shi naasha, Sioux music, Things We Do, Yaqui music, Yuman music. Excerpt: Native American music is the music that is used, created or performed by Native Americans in the United States and First Nations people of Canada, specifically traditional tribal music. In addition to the traditional music of the Native American groups, there now exist pan-tribal and inter-tribal genres as well as distinct Native American subgenres of popular music including: rock, blues, hip hop, classical, film music, and reggae, as well as unique popular styles like waila ("chicken scratch"). Singing and percussion are the most important aspects of traditional Native American music. Vocalization takes many forms, ranging from solo and choral song to responsorial, unison and multipart singing. Percussion, especially drums and rattles, are common accompaniment to keep the rhythm steady for the singers, who generally use their native language or non-lexical vocables (nonsense syllables). Traditional music usually begins with slow and steady beats that grow gradually faster and more emphatic, while various flourishes like drum and rattle tremolos, shouts and accented patterns add variety and signal changes in performance for singers and dancers. Native American song texts include both public pieces and secret songs, said to be "ancient and unchanging," which are used...