1. OUR MUSICAL ROOTS

2. Aboriginal Music
For thousands of years, Aborigine myth has held that the natural world was created by song
Aboriginal creation speaks of beings who, in a primordial "dreamtime," willed much of the material world into being by singing the names of its elements: birds, rivers and rocks
So naturally, music plays an important part in Aboriginal ceremonies honoring nature, recognizing death or in the passing down of oral history
Though it was particular to the clans in northern Australia originally, the didgeridoo (or yidaki) is now the most recognizable instrument in Aboriginal music

3. Hula
Hula is the soul of Hawaii expressed in motion
No one knows its exact origins but Hawaiians agree that the first hula was performed by a god or goddess which makes the dance a sacred ritual.
Some believe the hula was only danced by men, but legend and historical sources tells us both men and women danced.
Hawaiian hula is unique and totally different from other Polynesian dances
Although it began as a form of worship during religious ceremonies, it gradually evolved into a form of entertainment.

4. Rwanda The traditional Rwandan music is mainly vocal.
Since time immemorial music has always played an important role in civil, economic and social life of the country
Traditional Rwandan music has variations such as vocal, vocal- Instrumental, vocal instru ­ mental accompanied with dancing and instru­ ments only.
The traditional Rwandan music is mainly vocal.
This type of music was found in local songs, quite often accompanied by dances, or story-telling songs, songs to listen to

5. Native American
Singing, or chant, and rhythm instruments were the most important aspects of traditional tribal music.
Drums, rattles, etc. would keep the beat for the singers and dancers.
Most often, the music begins slow and becomes faster and faster as the song progresses.
A Vocable is a meaningless syllable. Often this music makes use of Vocables or words that do not translate.
Music plays an important role in the history and the education
It was often ceremonial or sacred

6. India
Indian classical music is very different from Western music in it manner of notation, or writing, and its instrumentation.
Much of the music is based on the tenets of the Hindu religion.
Each Indian song consists of one Raga (scale or mode) and one tala (rhythmic pattern).
Perhaps the best-known Indian classical instrument is the Sitar, which is a stringed instrument with moveable frets (allowing for tuning to different ragas).