Eagle Dance Research Paper

1. Indigenous folk culture applies to where music has its origins and where it came from. It’s something that applies to the native people that created the music.

3 I noticed a few similarities in the samples. Bells were very common in all three of the pieces along with drums. Rabbit Dance has a solid drumming beat but the main focus was the vocals, while in the Hopi Butterfly dance their costumes had bells attached to them so when they performed the dance the bells would chime to a beat that complemented their vocals. The Eagle dance had costumes that better portrayed the song than the other samples. The eagle costumes helped you get an idea of what they were singing about, but they also used bells and drums in their song.

5 In the book it referred to Reggae as “true fusion music”. This is extremely accurate and along with its Jamaican, American, African, Cuban, and Spanish influences you can hear a clear message in the song. This is a song to urge a listener to literally “get up, stand up for your rights”. It takes a rebellious stand point and it’s meant to inspire anyone listening.

It was kind of tough to pick differences but what I really noticed was the Mariachi music seemed freer because of the structure of the song and Tex-Mex seemed structured such as a chorus, a refrain, and instrument solos. Tex-Mex also seemed to focus on one singer while Mariachi focused on a group of singers.

9 The first sample, Tu Le Ton Son Ton was extremely blues inspired and the Bow Legged Woman piece reminded me more of Rock and Roll rather than blues. Both singers were very soulful but the pace of the song along with the instruments is what caused the most contrast.

10 The Cajuns French inspired music and the African Americans that created the Blues merged together to create the unique and distinctive sound of the Louisiana