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Aboriginal music of Canada encompasses a wide variety of musical genres created by Canada's Aboriginal people.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Culture Areas Index )〕 Before European settlers came to what is now Canada, the region was occupied by a large number of First Nations, including the West Coast Salish and Haida, the centrally located Iroquois, Blackfoot and Huron, the Dene band governments to the North, and the Innu and Mi'kmaq in the East and the Cree in the North. Each of the aboriginal communities had (and have) their own unique musical traditions. Chanting – singing is widely popular and most use a variety of musical instruments. == History == Traditionally, First Nation band governments, being resourceful and creative, used the materials at hand to make their instruments for centuries before Europeans immigrated to Canada.〔 First Nation bands made gourds and animal horns into rattles, many rattles were elaborately carved and beautifully painted.〔(Indian & Northern Affairs Canada ) – Canadian Government information PDF on First Nation music〕 In woodland areas, they made horns of birchbark and drumsticks of carved antlers and wood. Drums were generally made of carved wood and animal hides. Drums and rattles are percussion instruments traditionally used by First Nations people.〔(Veterans Affairs Canada ) – Canadian Government section on First Nation music and dance〕 These musical instruments provide the background for songs, and songs are the background for dances. Many traditional First Nations people consider song and dance to be sacred. For many years after Europeans came to Canada, First Nations people were forbidden to practice their ceremonies.〔 That is one reason why little information about First Nations music and musical instruments is available.〔 Traditionally Inuktitut did not have a word for what a European-influenced listener or ethnomusicologist's understanding of ''music'', "and ethnographic investigation seems to suggest that the ''concept'' of music as such is also absent from their culture." The closest word, ''nipi'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=nipi )〕 includes music, the sound of speech, and noise. (Nattiez 1990:56) Today, a revival of pride in First Nations art and music is taking and beauty of traditional First Nations art, music and musical instruments. Drums are closely associated with First Nations people. Some people say, "Drumming is the heartbeat of Mother Earth." First Nations made a great variety of drums. Healers sometimes use miniature drums. There are also tambourine-shaped hand drums, war drums, water drums, and very large ceremonial drums. Their size and shape depends on the First Nation's particular culture and what the drummer wants to do with them. Many are beautifully decorated. In many First Nations cultures, ''the circle'' is important.〔 It is the shape of the sun and moon, and of the path they trace across the sky. Many First Nations objects, such as tipis and wigwams, are circular in shape.〔 Traditional villages were place. First Nations people are recovering the knowledge, history often arranged with the dwellings placed in a circle.〔 To this day, many First Nations people hold meetings sitting in a circle. Meetings often begin with a prayer, with the people standing in a circle holding hands.〔 Hand carved wooden flutes and whistles are less common than drums, but are also a part of First Nations traditional music. Chippewa men played flutes to serenade girlfriends and to soothe themselves and others during hard times. The Cree, Iroquois and Maliseet made and used whistles. Archaeologists have found evidence that both wooden whistles and flutes were used by the Beothuk, an extinct tribe who lived in Newfoundland until the early days of European settlement. The human voice is the primary instrument of all First Nations. As it is in most ancient music, singing is the heart of First Nations traditions. Every song had an original owner. Songs belonged to a society, clan, rite, ceremony or individual. In some cultures, one could buy the right to sing a song owned by an individual. The original owner would then teach the buyer to sing the song. Many traditional songs are still sung by First Nations people who follow traditional ways. Many artists also now combine First Nations music with mainstream popular music genres such as country, rock or hip hop.〔("Inuit pop, Algonquin rap, Innu reggae aim for mainstream" ). Agence France-Presse, 8 October 2009.〕 The compilation album ''Native North America, Vol. 1'', released by Light in the Attic Records in 2014, collects many rare and out-of-print songs by First Nations musicians from the era in which the rock and country and folk genres were beginning to emerge as influences on First Nations music.〔("Light in the Attic Unearths the Forgotten History of First Nations Music with 'Native North America' Compilation" ). ''Exclaim!'', 8 October 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aboriginal music of Canada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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