Atlantic Coast

           The Atlantic Coast Space Stretches From Central American Nation To Panama And Includes Peoples Like The Miskito, Bribri, Cabécar, And Kuna. Linguistic Studies Indicate That The Ancestors Of Those Peoples Migrated To The World From South America. The Miskito Have Absorbed Considerable Musical Influences From Each Africans And Europeans. Singing Vogue Varies By Community And Genre; Kuna Men Perform Solidification Songs With Vocal Tension; Bribri Men Sing Ritual Songs With A Nasal Quality; And Miskito Men Could Perform Profane Songs With A Relaxed Voice. Some Songs From This Space Feature A Down Melodic Contour, And Each Multiple And Triple Metres Occur.

                 Choral Textures Take Issue By Genre And Embody Monophonic Music In Shamanic Songs, Decision And Response In Collective Dance Songs, And Parallel Harmony (I.E., Identical Melodic Contour At Completely Different Pitch Levels) Inlay Songs. Additionally, The Kuna Perform A Genre Of Flute Music In Interlocking Vogue, Dividing The Notes Of The Melody Between 2 Players. Few Details Regarding Musical Type Area Unit Obtainable, However It Seems That unvaried , Strophic, And Through-Composed Forms Exist Within The Music Of This Space. Song Texts Feature Repetition Of Phrases Or Individual Words And Incorporate Vocables Likewise As Archaic Words. Some Distinctive Musical Instruments embody A Bribri Rubbed Instrument Made Of Associate In Nursing Edentate Shell, Kuna Flutes Arrange Around A Dancer’s Neck As A Form Of Rattle, And A Miskito Mirliton—A Bat’s Wing Stretched Between Reeds And Encircled With Beeswax—That A Singer Places In His Mouth So As To Change His Vocal Quality Throughout Ceremonial Occasion Rites. Performance Contexts Embody Healing, Initiation Rites Like The Kuna Girl’s Pubescence Ceremony, Funerals, Collective Ritual Dances, Lullabies, And Social Gatherings.