eral types. There is also the musical bow, very similar to a hunting bow, which is mainly utilized in the southwestern United States.There is hardly any information dealing with Native American music. Yet there is enough evidence to do a little bit of reconstructing. Their history starting from the arrival of white people is a lot more accurate. Due to all of the fighting and terrible ordeals the two groups went through, many of the tribes were completely demolished or relocated. Due to these misfortunes a lot of the knowledge was forgotten or completely dismissed. Although they were tragic times, the Indians used music as a for of healing, and also as a way to sustain and preserve their cultural identity.After listening to the assigned material, one found that Nettl was very correct in his observations. The tracks sixteen and seventeen, dealing with the Powow and Sun Dance, had a lot of the properties that were stated in the book. It was almost totally vocal, with just a percussion instrument in the background. One noticed that many of the phrases were repeated, and had only one melodic line. There were only a few instances of call and response patterns. Track twenty-two was rather interesting. Ones gut reaction was mainly just confusion, because it was a poor recording and hard to understand. However, the singer was singing in English and that was somewhat depictable. The portion on the Peyote ceremony was really interesting because it incorporated the use of rattles and percussion at much faster pace. There was a solo singer, and he did repeat a lot of the phrases, but it was one- hundred percent redundant. Song number twenty-four brought the listener into the more contemporary trends of Native American music. The song was a capella, and in a more strophic form than other pieces. It was similar to many songs on the radio, just without accompaniment. The last three tracks contained a bigger variety of musical i...
