Southwest

            The Southwest Region, Which Incorporates NM, Arizona, And Southern Calif., Is Home To Historically Inactive pueblo Indians, Like The Hopi And Zuni, In Addition On Tribes That Were Historically Transhumant (Seasonally Moving), Like The Navajo And Apache. Pueblo Singers Like Associate In Nursing Open, Relaxed Vocal Vogue accentuation The Lower Vary And Perform Communal Dance Songs In Amalgamated Unison. Pueblo Scales Use 5, Six, Or Seven Tones With Equal Intervals, And Their Ritual Dance Songs Feature A Five-Part Type With Prolonged And Careful poetry. Pueblo Melodic Contours Typically Involve Associate In Nursing Upward Leap At The Start Of A Phrase, Followed By Associate In Nursing Undulating Descent, And Pueblo Songs Feature A Number Of The Foremost advanced Pulsing Structures In North America, As Well As Blotched Pauses And Often Dynamical Metres. Their Most Distinctive Device May Be A Giant, Bright Painted Double-Headed Barrel Drum Made Up Of Cottonwood.

             Pueblo Musical Contexts Embody Seasonal Agricultural Ceremonies Like Kachina (Katsina) Dances, Catholic Fete Day dances, And Alternative Community Celebrations. Navajo And Apache Singers Use A Tense, Nasal Vocal Quality Covering A Good Vary, And Navajo Singers Use Falsetto Voice In Sure Genres. They Sing In Unblended Unison, And Their Songs Use Strophic Forms Also As Complicated Sectional Forms With Several Short Complex Melodic Motifs. Navajo And Apache Songs Use A Good Vary Of Melodic Contours, That Involve Dramatic Leaps And Cascading Descents In Sure Genres. A Number Of These Groups’ Songs Feature Speedy Tempos And Use A Range Of Durational Values. Most Of The Song Texts mix Words With Vocables. Navajo And Apache Instruments Embody Several Varieties Of Drums And What's Called The Apache String, A Standard One- Or Two-Stringed Solo Instrument. Vital Contexts For Navajo And Apache Musics embody Life-Cycle Ceremonials, Like The Girl’s Time Of Life Ceremony, And Elaborate Natural Process Ceremonies That embody Several Elements And Last For Many Days.