33 Traditional Native American Songs for Tongue Drum and Handpan - Play by Number
Helen Winter
Publisher: Helen Winter
Summary
Music is an integral part in the life of the Native Americans, playing a key role in ceremonies, recreational activities, self-expression, and healing. Many different instruments are used in Native American music, including drums, flutes, and other percussion instruments. This e-book is suitable for most models of handpan, but if you have a tongue drum, it should have a minimum of 10 keys, because many songs in this e-book involve more than one-octave notes. The steel tongue drum (aka tong drum, tank drum, gluck-o-phone, hapi, or steeldrum) and the handpan (aka hank drum, UFO drum, zen drum, meditation, healing, yoga, or chakra drum) are percussion musical instruments designed to help you focus on your feelings, sensations, and body. In musical science, a unique Native American style of singing can be distinguished. It is characterized by rhythmic breathing, a tense voice, and syllabic sounds being more important than lyrics. These technical features helped the shaman achieve a trance state. Although the tongue drum is a modern musical instrument, is perfectly suitable for any tribal song. Attention: Songs have been transposed for a DIATONIC range. Some melodies might be changed and simplified. If your drum has flat keys, it is recommended that you use the classic sheet music for the piano. I wrote the note numbers above the notes because my sheet music is aimed at absolute beginners. Just follow numbers and enjoy. Here you can find traditional songs, handed down from generation to generation: ceremonial (such as corn grinding or moccasin game songs) or healing songs. Also, I added a QR code to most songs. Follow the link and find this song on YouTube, so that you can listen to the rhythm before beginning to play. Here, I have collected only simplified diatonic melodies. Contents Ani Couni - Arapaho Song. (Version 1) Ani Couni - Arapaho Song. (Version 2) Ani Couni - Arapaho Song. (Version 3) Medicine Song - Apache Song Bebi Notsa - Creek folk song Buffalo Dance - Kiowa folk song Chippewa Lullaby - Chippewa folk song Corn Grinding Song - Zuni folk song Dust of the Red Wagon - Ute folk song Eagle Dance Song - Algonquin folk song Epanay - Sioux folk song Hiya Hiya - Pawnee folk song Happy Song - Navajo folk song Ho Ho Watanay - Iroquois Lullaby (2 versions) Hosisipa - Sioux folk song Hwi Ne Ya He - Presumably an Apache song Happiness Song - Navajo folk song Inuit Ice Cream - Inuit folk song Inuit Lullab - Inuit folk song Moccasin Game Song - Navajo folk song Nessa, Nessa - Ojibwe Lullaby Mos Mos - Hopi folk song My Paddle - Folk song O Hal'lwe - Nanticoke folk song Okki Tokki Unga - Inuit fishing song Pleasure Dance - Choctaw folk song Sioux Lullaby - Sioux folk song Song of the Deer Dancing - Chippewa folk song Song to the Sun - Zuni folk song Uhe' Ba Sho - Omaha folk song Wanagi Wacipi Olowan - Dakota folk song Wioste Olowan - Dakota folk song We N’ De Ya Ho - Cherokee Morning song Ya Ya We - Wichita song Zuni Sunset Song - Zuni folk song
Available since: 10/30/2023.
