What is a “Push-up” and when do we hear them in “Straight Up?

What will be an ideal response?


• Push-up is the term for a verse of a powwow song. There should be four repetitions of a single verse or "push-up." They occur at each new verse.
• The number four is important because there are four directions and four sacred colors in a medicine wheel.
• Notice how the four push-ups in "Straight Up" are varied repetitions.

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