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10 Cards in this Set
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Falsetto
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high voice that comes from the head rather than the chest
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Portamento
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a vocal slide between two pitches
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Vocables
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syllables that do not make up words; nonsense syllables
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Musical characteristics of Native American music
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no regular meter, fast tempo, drums and rattles, repeating phrases, plus features above
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Navajo popular music
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include nda’a’ which are war dance songs now used in nontraditional settings
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Western elements in Navajo music
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string orchestra, Western harmonies, interpretive dynamics, English text
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Flute revival
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started in 1970 by Navajos and often includes synthesizer
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Syncopation
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stressing a normally unstressed not or beat
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Syllabic style
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one syllable per pitch/note
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Melismatic style
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several syllables per pitch/note
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