VPMA99H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Rock And Roll, Clapping, Tambourine
11 Apr 2015
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Labrador: eskimo term used in alaska, considered derogatory in canada and greenland, m tis mixed european & native, mainly early french and other euro fur traders marrying natives, around 1. 5 mllion in canada (2011, around 3 million in usa (2010, largest reservation belongs to the navajo, also native peoples in latin america, majority of them are mestizo, few are pure, most natives don"t live on reservations. Musical characteristics: monophonic, single melody line, predominantly vocal, vocal style is tense and high, an aural tradition, no notated music, most music is ceremonial, not usually performer/audience context, pre composed/little improvisation, similar to religious music, highly respected, vocables meaningless syllables, integral part of music, pre set with no improvisation, sung in native language, not intended to be performed in front of non natives and not for a performance context, form (a) strophic songs(verses) (b) short songs (c) songs with 2 contrasting sections, much repetition.
