Native American Music Examples

• Sioux Grass Dance Song
• vocable text
• large vocal range
• complex structure
• complex meter
• Zuni Lullaby
• text is translatable
• repetition scheme for melody
• pitch range and content very limited
• Iroquois Quiver Dance Song
• texture - call and response - more common of Eastern tribes
• voice quality - no falsetto - also more common of Eastern tribes

Navajo Music Case Study

• Yeibichai song