Native American Musical Instruments And Music

Native American music has many different musical styles. Within every Native American tribe there is a variety of musical styles and instruments. In response to the research that I have conducted, there are three main musical styles that are going to be my point of focus. The Sioux Grass Dance, the Zuni Lullaby, and the Iroquois Quiver Dance are the principal methods which contribute to Native American music.      

An easy to play folk instrument is the hurdy gurdy. In the text it even says it's "foolproof". To play it, you just have to turn a crank and press some keys.

Kucera states, “Song and music at all times used to accompany man from the cradle to the grave and were a necessary accompaniment of all important family events.” Instruments of note include bagpipes, violin, clarinet, brass instruments, and accordions. According to Barkan, “Between 1899-1910… Musicians and actors made up an unusually high percentage (37 percent) of Czech professionals.” Local bands, individuals, and outside traveling artists contributed to the popularity of Czech music within Nebraska and the Great Plains as a whole.

I plan to have the first main point of my paper be an introduction to Appalachian music which will flow into my next topic, the lifestyle of Appalachian music. Next I plan to discuss the heritage of the music such as how it is handed down, and lastly how the ways it lives on have slightly changed in these technologically modern times.

There are multitudinous types of Chicano music that include all types of instruments, verses, backgrounds, and purposes. According to Tatum (2001), “The popular Hispanic folk music has deep roots in Spain and Mexico, but it is a living cultural form that is forever changing and adapting to new social conditions and musical currents (Robb 1980, 5)” (p.15). Modernization also plays a key role in the diversion of Chicano music. For example, as new instruments were being invented, they were then incorporated into the music, making it sound more different and attractive. The types of Chicano music range from romance which could narrate an event, corridos, which was a form of cultural differentiation, alabanzas, which were specifically religious, and the canción, in which lovers expressed their deep adoration for each other (Tatum 2001). If a man who was lost in his woman’s eyes wanted to choose a song for their

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He began playing music when he was eight. His career started when he played trumpet, leading a dance band in downtown Chicago when he was barely in his teens. At hull house, he

The idea of song among the majority of Native Americans is pretty short and to the point. Songs consist of short, easy to remember phrases. They aren't just for ceremonial purposes, but for everyday life as well. They are important during religious or spiritual ceremonies. During these events, however, most songs are designated a time in which they will be performed.

The origin and design of the Native American flute is a little more complicated to figure out due to the fact that there were no written languages among North American Tribes at that time. It wasn't until explorers documented their travels and findings, that record of the Native American flute is found in

Due to the popular interest in flute music, you can now buy Native American flutes online, in various music stores, and in specialty shops that sell Indian musical instruments and western style home decorating accessories. If you are looking for an easy instrument for playing or decorative purposes, or are searching for real Indian musical instruments to use in Native ceremonies and events, consider keeping the culture and instruments of Indian people alive with the peaceful tones of Native American flutes.

Immigrants from Europe, Latin America, Asia, and former African American slaves and their descendants, brought their own musical traditions from folk to classical. Ethnic divisions were the distinctions between classical, popular, and folk music. These three categories represented different attitudes toward notation, composition, and performance. Classical tradition centered on the composer and the work, and required intricate notation of the score. Popular music was written down and sold as a commodity, but centered on the performer and the performance, allowing for leeway in the notated music. Folk music was independent of musical notation, being passed on through oral tradition. Overall, these three categories often overlapped. Folk tunes were written down and sold as popular music, arranged for concert performance, or incorporated into classical pieces; classical works were transcribed and altered for performance in popular venues; and some popular songs became so well known that they were then passed down orally, like folk

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (1882-1971) Pianist, Composer, Conductor Instruments Piano Education Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Accomplishments Worked with Michel Fokine Got noticed by Sergei Diaghilev Composition teachers Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Ethno-musicological Studies None Selected Compositions For ballet: The Firebird For ballet: Petrushka For ballet: The Rite of Spring Events in his lifetime 1890- Amsterdam Theater destroyed by fire 1900- opera "Louise," premieres in Paris 1910- Dalai Lama flees Tibet

Native American literatures embrace the memories of creation stories, the tragic wisdom of native ceremonies, trickster narratives, and the outcome of chance and other occurrences in the most diverse cultures in the world. These distinctive literatures, eminent in both oral performances and in the imagination of written narratives, cannot be discovered in reductive social science translations or altogether understood in the historical constructions of culture in one common name. (Vizenor 1)

The Didgeridoo is considered to be one of the world’s oldest instruments. It is thought to have originated in Northern Australia and researchers think it may have been in use for 40,000 years. “There are carvings on cave walls that depict the didgeridoo in use from the Kakadu people dating back about 1,000 years.” (The Didjeridu: From Arnhem Land to the Internet) The first Didgeridoos were made of eucalyptus trees limbs or Bamboo and that were hollowed out by termites. (McMahon) Aborigine people living in Northern Australia would clean them out using sticks and cut them to an ideal length. After cleaning the limbs or bamboo out, hot coals are used to kill any insects. Most didgeridoos range from three to ten feet long. Length usually plays a role in pitch; if it is longer it has a lower tone and shorter instruments have a higher pitch. Didgeridoos are usually conical in shape. The Didgeridoo is a wind instrument or aerophone. It is called this because it uses air to vibrate and create sound within an instrument. (Hornbostel and Sachs) The player blows air into the smaller end or mouthpiece and often times people use beeswax to help create a seal with the lips and the instrument. Air pushed through the lips help the lips to vibrate and create the sound. Today modern didgeridoo’s can be made from a variety of materials. Some are made of glass, metal, cactus or almost any material that can be hollowed out into a tube.

With the variety of life throughout the world, there are different expectations for musical literacy. For instance, the style of Japanese music is very different from that of Cajun music, or Hispanic from West African. These variances give each culture a particular style of expression. Music literacy isn't even confined within cultures; it also produces a way for different cultures to learn from each other. For example, western rock musicians often incorporated traditional Indian music into their style during the 1960's, which broke boundaries between different approaches to literacy.