Indian Music and Culture

influenced by Music in many of there tribes. Almost all

Native American Music dancers and singers are characterized

by there different ways of dancing, they types of

instruments they play and what tribe there from. Some songs

come from social and friendship trait. The songs Native

Americans sing are more personal than others. Accompanied

with music is always dance. When Natives have war with

other tribes they do war songs and dances for a successful

victory. The Native Americans would come up with there

songs from earlier generations, Like there past time or

there heritage. There ancestors would pass them down from

generation to generation. The old Natives took there songs

to the heart, and were affended if you made fun of, or if

you tried to curse a song or dance that the tribe expresses.

They instruments that the Natives used were hand made

instruments. Wooden drums were real popular, it showed a

great deal of stress and hard work. The way they pounded on

the drum expressed the mood or the anger that was shown.

The gourd rattles were made by hand, they were made by

regular gourds, old ones that they didn’t hardly ever use.

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