Native Americans Flashcards
Characteristics of Native American Music
- Monophonic (no harmony)
- emphasis on vocal music (text and vocables)
- instrumental accompaniment (drums rattles flute or bells)
- short phrases, lots of repetition
- falsetto
- passed down by oral tradition
Yeibichai
gods-their-grandfathers
invokes ancestral gods to cure sickness
rattles, shouts, ornaments/falsetto, high to low, he yei he yei, complex
Ndaa
War dance songs, simple
Pop music til 1940
vocables and text
Sacred Chants
considered holy used during serious and sacred rituals (way ceremony)
chant-like
simple
monophonic
nearly monotone
Hozhoo
harmony with nature
hogan
dome roof houses
Dine
Navajo people
Native American Church
Peyote Church
Hymns to “father peyote” use vocables with water drum and peyote rattle
Christian Hymns in English with non-native instruments (influenced by country/western music)
gods-their-grandfathers
invokes ancestral gods to cure sickness
rattles, shouts, ornaments/falsetto, high to low, he yei he yei, complex
Yeibichai
War dance songs, simple
Pop music til 1940
vocables and text
Ndaa
considered holy used during serious and sacred rituals (way ceremony)
chant-like
simple
monophonic
nearly monotone
Sacred Chants
harmony with nature
Hozhoo
dome roof houses
hogan
Navajo people
Dine
