Songs

Songs bring a connection or experience to places or events that have happened. Songs are a unique form of communication particularly with human beings. They evoke emotion and feeling, whether happy or sad. The words of songs are typically of a poetic, rhyming nature, although they may be religious verses or free prose. Colloquially, song is often used to refer any musical composition. Songs have different meanings and vary in complexity throughout different cultures. The Native American culture has some of the most complex ever performed. The tensing and releasing of the vocals combined with varying drum beats makes it a very intricate form of art. Another interesting item of note is that every region of the country where the Native Americans had settled produced greatly varying forms and sounds of music. With so many different tribes, the songs produced are always unique to its specific group. Generally, Eskimo songs have been touted as being the most simple of all of the Native American music styles, while the Hopi, Pueblo, and Zuni tribes of the Southwestern part of the country have been known to produce much more complex sounding music. The emotion invoked from Native American music has been a great influence in modern folk music.