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Pueblo dance ceremonies are seasonal and are very organized. There are singers and men dance in almost all ceremonies. Women are featured dancers in the winter, and in the summer they dance in couples and large group dances. Some ceremonies are closed, but others are open to others if they respect the religious aspects. Some of the instruments used in dances are wooden drums, hand-held gourd rattles, and the large pueblo rawhide is worn by the dancers. The dances are held to reinforce beliefs of the native Americans and their culture. Many of their songs are created with flutes and drums which cause variations of their instruments.
Pueblo dance ceremonies are seasonal and are very organized. There are singers and men dance in almost all ceremonies. Women are featured dancers in the winter, and in the summer they dance in couples and large group dances. Some ceremonies are closed, but others are open to others if they respect the religious aspects. Some of the instruments used in dances are wooden drums, hand-held gourd rattles, and the large pueblo rawhide is worn by the dancers. The dances are held to reinforce beliefs of the native Americans and their culture. Many of their songs are created with flutes and drums which cause variations of their instruments.
Mexican Americans mainly take after their Mexican heritage for dances and music. A famous instrument used is the guitar. In traditional dances, they would wear masks.
- Native American music consisted of percussions and vocalists.
- Drums and rattles were the types of percussion instruments they used, it kept a slow and steady beat so that the vocalist could keep pace.
- The pace of Native American songs were slow and steady and the vocalist would either sing along with the local language or would perform some type of chant.
- Native Americans would accompany someone's music with a type of dance. The music would start out slow but would then get gradually louder. In the music, there would be different notes hit by the vocalist that would signal the dances to do a certain type of move.
- Native American music consisted of emotion and feeling by the vocalist. People could not sing one’s song unless authorised too. There were also public music pieces written for anyone’s use.
- Some Native American songs were only allowed to be used during a special ceremony. This music was considered to be sacred and could not be sung at any other time.
- Ritual Speeches were also sacred and considered to be a form of music because the speech would rhyme and have a certain type of beat to it depending on what event was taking place.