Indigenous Music - American Indian Music, First Nations Music, Indigenous South American Musical Instruments, Indigenous Musicians, Inuit Music (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 45. Chapters: American Indian music, First Nations music, Indigenous South American musical instruments, Indigenous musicians, Inuit music, Inuit throat singing, Overtone singing, Ghost Dance, Native American music, Pow-wow, Agung, Ainu music, Kuisi, Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album, Blackfoot music, Native American Music Awards, Navajo music, Native American hip hop, Andean music, Indianist movement, Canyon Records, Aboriginal rock, Juno Award for Aboriginal Recording of the Year, Kiowa music, Huron Carol, AIM Song, Chicken scratch, American Indian opera, Celebration, Arapaho music, Bayang Barrios, Kwakwaka'wakw music, American Indian Dance Theatre, Music of Nunavut, N'vike, Iroquois music, Things We Do, Sioux music, Pueblo music, Peyote song, Native American Composers Apprenticeship Project, Yaqui music, First Nations Composer Initiative, Shi naasha, Dene music, Maroon music, Innu music, Seminole music, Oopoochawa, Pifilca, Yuman music. Excerpt: American Indian music is the music that is used, created or performed by Native North Americans, 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 Indian subgenres of popular music including: rock, blues, hip hop, classical, film music and reggae, as well as unique popular styles like waila ("chicken scratch"). Vocalization 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 wit...