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Music In Native American Culture

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Music has been very popular among large groups of music fans, Native American CDs sell fairly well music because it is a large part in the Native American culture. From the lyrics, dancing plus the use of instruments, and it’s also apart of many almost every culture. People all around the world listen to music everyday,but the native americans use it for specific reasons such as; ceremonies, expression and healing.They like to use their voices a lot and they don't really care about the harmony, they also incorporated dance moves, the men in the middle of the circle and the ladies usually stand in place. Most of the music is very complicated, but Eskimo style of music is the most simple type of music in the Native American culture. Most importantly the vocals are a very important …show more content…

For the music to come together drums and percussion are a large part of it. They also use wind instrument such as the flute which is a large part of the music.Instruments are a large part, how would you make music without them!as stated before the drums and also the flute are large part of the music. Bill Miller has long been one of the most admired figures in the Native American music arena and beyond, there are many people admired for the work that they put into the native american culture.

Dancing, it takes a large part in the Native American culture. The Native Americans have very diverse and different types of dancing.”Religious symbolism is significant even in the human interactions of the dance. Men often symbolize phallic, aggressive supernatural beings and rain-bringing deities, whereas women symbolize actual fertility” (britannica.com).Their dancing explained stories and also the performers dress up. In the different tribes they might have another way of dressing but they also have different backgrounds and they have ceremonies for different

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