Grade 6 (Lesson 3a/2015/2016) : Native American Music Vocabulary

Traditional Native American Singing

1. Singing
2. Traditions
3. Compose
4. Oral Tradition
5. Sacred Songs
6. Ceremonials
7. Lullaby
8. Rhythm
9. High Pitches
10. Low Pitches
11. Low Pitches
12. Call-and-Response
13. Chorus
14. Lyrics
15. Vocables
16. Chants
17. Throat Singing 

Traditional Native American Instruments: Rhythm/Pitched

• Rhythm Instruments Vocabulary

1. Rhythm
2. Rhythm Instruments
3. Accompaniment
4. Sacred
5. Drums
6. Amplify
7. Resonator
8. Vibration
9. Membranophone
10. Rattles
11. Shaker Rattles
12. Clapper Rattles
13. Rasps
14. Idiophone
15. Pitch

• Pitched instruments Vocabulary

1. Pitched Instruments
2. Flute
3. Melody
4. Whistle
5. Horn
6. Aerophone
7. Vibrating
8. String Bow
9. Fiddle
10. Chordophone

Native American Music Regions

1. Tradition
2. Ceremonial
3. Ethnomusicologist
4. Sacred Songs
5. Social Songs
6. Drum
7. Rattle
8. Rhythm
9. Melody
10. Throat Singing 

Contemporary Native American Music

1. Contemporary Music
2. Hybrid
3. Traditional
4. Powwow
5. Compose
6. Melody
7. Steel Guitar 
8. Slack Key
9. Political Songs
10. Lyrics
11. Accompaniment
12. Genre