Native American Music and Culture

Who was often selected to watch over the sacred drum during Native American ceremonies

• drum major

• drum keeper

• drum leader

• drum master

Native American music is used for all of the following EXCEPT

• healing

• recreation

• profit

• expression

Some instruments and pictographs have been dated as far back as what century?

• 5th

• 9th

• 8th

• 7th

Native American drums were made from which of the following materials

• wood

• plastic

• metal

• animal skin

The origin of traditional Native American music can be traced back to through their _______________ to their first people.

• connection

• ancestry

• religion

• DNA

True or False: In drum circles, each participant played on different drums

• True

• False

This celebration of Native American culture included dancing, singing, and sharing the aspects of their culture with outsiders.

• Powwow

• Mardi Gras

• La Tomatina

• None of these

Native Americans made flutes out of all of the following EXCEPT

• wood

• metal

• bone

• clay

Non-word syllables used in between groups of lyrics to separate each sections are known as

• melimas

• filler

• vibrato

• vocables

In Native American culture, this instrument is used healing, meditation, and courtship

• drum

• voice

• flute

• harp