 |
|
|
Native American music - Folk song | A Wisdom Archive on Native American music - Folk song | | Native American music - Folk song A selection of articles related to Native American music - Folk song | |
|
|
More material related to Native American Music can be found here:
|
|
|
| | |
Native American music, Native American music - Arctic, Native American music - Eastern Woodlands, Native American music - External link, Native American music - Folk song, Native American music - Great Basin, Native American music - History, Native American music - Native American flute, Native American music - Northwest Coast, Native American music - Pan-tribalism, Native American music - Plains, Native American music - Samples, Native American music - Southwest, Native American music - Traditional music cultures
| | |
|
ARTICLES RELATED TO Native American music - Folk song | | | |  Native American music - Folk song: Encyclopedia II - Native American music - Folk songNative American folk is usually religious in nature, and is used to communicate spiritually with the heavens and to pray for good luck. Epic stories of heroes are also common.
Native American religious beliefs hold that music was given to humans by spirits as a method of communicating with the supernatural. Song composition, then, is a highly ritualistic act. Choctaw Social Dance, for example, is not composed, having been given to the people at creation. They can vary slightly from year to year, with leaders recombining and introducing slight variations. The Pueblo compose a number of new songs each year in a ...
See also:Native American music, Native American music - Folk song, Native American music - Traditional music cultures, Native American music - History, Native American music - Southwest, Native American music - Eastern Woodlands, Native American music - Plains, Native American music - Great Basin, Native American music - Northwest Coast, Native American music - Arctic, Native American music - Pan-tribalism, Native American music - Native American flute, Native American music - Samples, Native American music - External link Read more here: » Native American music: Encyclopedia II - Native American music - Folk song |
| |
|
| | | | Native American music - Folk song: Encyclopedia II - Native American music - Traditional music cultures The hundreds of tribes in North America can be divided into six areas: Eastern Woodlands, Southwest, Great Basin, Plains, Northwest Coast and Arctic. However, Nettl (1956, p.107-116) uses the following music areas which approximately coincide with Wissler, Kroeber, and Driver's cultural areas (population): Inuit-Northwest coast (275,000), Great Basin (30,000), California-Yuman (125,000), Plains-Pueblo (250,000), Athabascan (90,000), and Eastern (275,000). He associates greater geographic size and population with comple ...
See also:Native American music, Native American music - Folk song, Native American music - Traditional music cultures, Native American music - History, Native American music - Southwest, Native American music - Eastern Woodlands, Native American music - Plains, Native American music - Great Basin, Native American music - Northwest Coast, Native American music - Arctic, Native American music - Pan-tribalism, Native American music - Native American flute, Native American music - Samples, Native American music - External link Read more here: » Native American music: Encyclopedia II - Native American music - Traditional music cultures |
| |
|
| | | | Native American music - Folk song: Encyclopedia II - Native American music - Pan-tribalism Pan-tribalism is the syncretic adoption of traditions from foreign communities. Since the rise of the United States and Canada, Native Americans have forged a common identity, and invented pan-tribal music, most famously including powwows, peyote songs and the Ghost Dance.
The Ghost Dance spread throughout the Plains tribes in the 1890s, and most still survive in use. They are characterized by relaxed vocals and a narrow range. Apache-derived peyote songs, sacred prayers in the Native American Church, use a descending melody and monop ...
See also:Native American music, Native American music - Folk song, Native American music - Traditional music cultures, Native American music - History, Native American music - Southwest, Native American music - Eastern Woodlands, Native American music - Plains, Native American music - Great Basin, Native American music - Northwest Coast, Native American music - Arctic, Native American music - Pan-tribalism, Native American music - Native American flute, Native American music - Samples, Native American music - External link Read more here: » Native American music: Encyclopedia II - Native American music - Pan-tribalism |
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
More material related to Native American Music can be found here:
|
|
|
|
| |
