Moving Within the Circle
Contemporary Native American Music and Dance. 2nd edition. (2008)
By Bryan Burton
Book and CD
152 pages
The 36 songs and dances in the second edition are in active use in Native communities and were taught directly to the author by members of the Apache, Haliwa-Saponi, Lakota, Oneida, Seneca and Zuni tribes, to name just a few. Selections for guided listening were contributed by numerous well-known contemporary recording artists including R. Carlos Nakai, Joanne Shenandoah, Keith Secola, Tom Bee and Ulali.
Moving Within the Circle offers a unique opportunity for educators to experience a wide variety of styles and genres ranging from traditional cedar flute melodies to a concert recording of a hard-driving rock anthem.
The book includes musical transcriptions, flute songs and guided listening experiences. Teaching Ideas are provided for each selection. Dance Instructions are included. The companion CD includes a recording of essentially every selection in the book.
Contents:
Section 1: Entering the Circle: Learning to Learn
Research in the Oral Tradition (A Personal Odyssey)
The Trail of Tears
Teaching Native American Music and Dance
Sample Lesson: Bear Dance
MENC National Standards for Music
Section 2: Shaping the Sound: Style, Form, Substance
Music and Dance
Concept and Function
Vocables
Chart of Regional Vocal Styles
Instruments - Strings, Flutes, Drums, Rattles and more
Section 3: Uniting the Circles: The Intertribal Pow-Wow
Visiting a Pow-Wow
Sharing in a Pueblo Feast Day
Section 4: Songs and Dances: Moving in the Circle
Traditional Songs
Song to the Four Directions (Alabama-Coushatta)
I Walk in Beauty (Apache/Navajo)
Sunrise Call (Zuni Pueblo - Guided Listening)
Social Songs and Dances
Introduction to Round Dances
Round Dance (Intertribal)
Pueblo Round Dance
Friendship Dance (Western Apache)
Intertribal Dance (Mid-Atlantic)
Indian Two-Step (Tigua Pueblo)
Haliwa-Saponi Canoe Dance
Poi Waka (Maori)
Making Poi
The Legend of Star Woman
One-Eyed Ford (Intertribal)
When I Was Young (Apache)
Picture Song (Lakota - Guided Listening)
Rabbit Dance: Uncle Sam (Seneca)
Animal Songs and Dances
Bear Dance (Haliwa-Saponi)
How Bears Came Into Being (Guide and Story)
Duck Dance (Southeastern Region)
Raccoon Dance (Southeastern Region)
Cuero Mohelam (Yaqui - Guided Listening)
Dancing Song of the Skunk (Mandan)
The Story of Coyote and Skunk
Music By and For Women: Songs of Tradition, Power and Honor
O Hal'lwe (Nanticoke)
Kunolounkwa (Oneida)
Chippewa Lullaby - A Song's Journey
Rabbit Song (Southern Cheyenne)
Nanticoke Women's Shawl Dance
Women's Honoring Song (Salish)
Pottery Dance (Zuni)
Basket Dance (Pueblo Ysleta del Sur)
Ulali: Mahk Jchi (Guided Listening)
Contemporary and AlterNATIVE Music (Guided Listening Section)
AlterNATIVE Sounds: Native American Popular Music
XIT: Nihaa Shil Hozho
Keith Secola: NDN Kar
Jackalope: Then There Was Wood
Ghost Dance for Symphonic Orchestra
Keith Secola: When I'm Far Away
John Wayne's Teeth (from Smoke Signals)
Section 5: The Native American Flute: Song of the Wind
The Story of the First Flute
The Story of the Orphan Boy
Playing the Native American Flute
Kowa Love Song
Lakota Courting Song
Hidatsa Dance Song
Pueblo Sunrise Song and Call to Sunrise
Appendix A: A Selected Discography
Appendix B: Bibliography
Appendix C: Photos, Illustrations, Credits
Appendix D: Additional Resources
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