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pepyto

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What time characteristic (meter) do you hear in Shizhanthat is different from the other traditional Native-American music you have heard so far?
 
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Shizhan, a Navajo Circle Dance song, is from what source?
 
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Answer to Question 1

 Shizhan' is in a compound meterrepeating groups of very fast threes: 123 123 123 . . . The other examples of traditional Native-American music from North America heard so far in this chapter are not in any definite meter.

Answer to Question 2

 From the public part of the Enemyway ceremony known collectively as Nd' songsthese songs are the hit tunes of traditional Navajo life.



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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again




 

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