What time characteristic (meter) do you hear in “Shizhané’é”that is different from the other traditional Native-American music you have heard so far?

What will be an ideal response?


• "Shizhané'é" is in a compound meter—repeating groups of very fast threes: 123 123 123 . . . The other examples of traditional Native-American music from North America heard so far in this chapter are not in any definite meter.

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What will be an ideal response?

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