Important points…
- Music from an indigenous group of people experiencing folk music in the most simple, direct matter.
- Most traditional music has some sort of unique characteristic.
- Some examples of traditional music or indigenous music are Native American, African and Hawaiian. All involve stories of their ancestors or specific things about their cultures.
- All indigenous music has influenced music today.
- African (specifically West African): drum circles and vocal emphasis, call and response, group singing.
- Native American: flute and percussion based, “pow-wow” drum circles.
- Hawaiian: vocal, ukulele and drum based, heavily correlated with dancing or “hula”.