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GMUS- Native America

Terms in this set (22)

Powwow
Native American ceremonial and spiritual gathering featuring dance, food, etc.
Northern Style
High-pitched sound
Southern Style
Normal-pitched sound
Native American Music
-Music is part of everyday life
-Oral Tradition
-Usually vocal/________
-Percussion instruments
-Usually steady (single or duple) ________.
-Short melodies (phrases) but particular range and shape
-________
-Monophonic
-Meter
-Repetition
Falsetto
A very high pitch
Portamento
Sliding of the pitch ex: high to low
Vocables
Words that don't have any meaning
Sioux Grass Dance (listen on canvas)
-A traditional what?
-A traditional sioux war dance
-Rhythm and meter: heterophonic
-Vocables
-Multiple people singing
Zuni Lullaby (listen on canvas)
-How is this different than the grass dance?
-Monophonic (one person singing)
-The text has meaning
-Very small, general range
What is the largest American-Indian tribe in the U.S.?
The Navajo
How do the Navajo make a living? (5)
Farming, raising stock, weaving, silversmithing, and natural resources
What types of houses do the Navajo live in?
-Ranges from large ranch houses to trailer houses to one-room houses (Log hogans)
-They do not live in teepees
Name four types of Navajo music cultures.
-Traditional ceremonial music
-Traditional and contemporary popular music
-Native American church and christian hymn music
-New compositions synthesizing Navajo and Euro-American elements
Yeibichai Songs- Song of the ancestors (Listen on Canvas)
-Nightway ceremony
-Sung in vocables but identified with Navajo call to the gods
-Rattling sounds, multiple people singing
-Shifts from high to low pitches
Traditional popular music
-Ndaa song (listen on canvas)
What type of dance is this song?
A war dance: song from the Enemyway
Shizhane'e (Listen on Canvas)
-____ ______ song from the Ndaa repertoire
-Example of what type of music? (Northern)
-Circle Dance
-Traditional popular music
What is the enemyway ceremony?
-A healing ritual
What is a Hozhoo?
An event to restore balance
-Takes place over the course of a few days
Native American Church
-Navajo influenced by Christianity and Native American church
Peyote (Listen on canvas)
-What is this song used in?
A hymn of the Native American church
Proud Earth (Listen on canvas)
-Who sings in this song?
Arliene Nochissey Williams
R. Carlos Nakai (3)
-Navajo flutist
-Native American flute revival
-Carried traditional music to worldwide popularity
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