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Native American music |
 | | The music of Native North Americans is primarily a vocal art, usually choral, although some nations favor solo singing. |
 | | Native American music is entirely melodic; there is no harmony or polyphony, although there is occasional antiphonal singing between soloist and chorus. |
 | | For the Native American, song is traditionally the chief means of communicating with the supernatural powers, and music is seldom performed for its own sake; definite results, such as the bringing of rain, success in battle, or the curing of the sick, are expected from music. |
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