Inuit Folk Music Traditions in Greenland
Several Inuit traditional games revolve around song as well, including hide-and-seek, string game, juggling and rhymes and riddles. The ka...
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Inuit traditional games revolve around song as well, including hide-and-seek,
string game, juggling and rhymes and riddles. The katajjaq tradition is also
popular; this is a vocal competition between two women, standing facing each
other. They sing song, using throat-singing and reproducing animal cries or
other sounds. Katajja is a game, but is often banned because both women begin
laughing.
In
addition to the drum dance and game song, Greenlandic Inuit have a tradition of
piseq (piserk, personal song) songs. These are expressive, superstitious,
spiritual or narrative and may be composed for drum dances. Piseq and other
vocal traditions aside from songs games include a series of patterns and tones,
which vary depending on the social setting of the performance. For instance, a
soft vocal tone is used both for character demonstration in a narrative song
and for personal songs in private settings. Many songs use only a few real
words, scattered among series vocals, or non-lexical syllables like
ai-ya-yainga. Inuit songs are strophic and mostly use six distinct pitches;
written and melodic themes are common. A song’s word length and prominence
determines the rhythm, giving the songs a recitative-like pattern.
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