What musical features typify the Northern style of powwow singing?
What will be an ideal response?
• (1) "A musical texture featuring unison singing to the accompaniment of a steady drumbeat performed on the "big drum." (See Worlds of Music, Figure 2.11, p. 68).
• (2) "A high-pitched, tense, loud vocal production is generally preferred, although again this differs by region and singing group."
• (3) "A terraced, descending melodic line is the typical melodic shape of a Northern song. . ."
• (4) " . . . ‘rhythmic displacement' of melody and drumbeat, the melody being sung slightly behind or slightly ahead of the drum beat."
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