[Zen]

This subject came up in a ethnomusicology class I took in undergrad….the tones used are called ‘vocables’…and are more tones, rather than actual words with meaning outside the particular song. But you are pretty close to the meaning…the vocables are used to convey feeling, provide melody, and emphasis, the meter and melody are more important…though the same vocables are used in lots of songs, the order is usually unique to the song, mixing up the order might actually change the meaning…other songs do have words in the particular Tribes language, but the changing tends to be more ceremonial and specific, where the intent and feeling are more important than telling a story with words. I’m by no means very well educated on this…this is just what I could remember through the fog of time…(the class was 8 years ago)…and others feel free to correct me if I’m wrong… =)

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