Plains Indians

>monophonic texture

>use of drum & sometimes the rattle

>emphasis on high pitched singing

>rhythmic pulsations on long tones

>harsh, tense vocal style

>songs usually have a descending melodic contour

>"incomplete repetition": AA BCA BCA

Eastern Woodlands Indians

>more relaxed singing style

>some call and response

>often uses several short phrases in different arrangements

Southwest Indians

>large vocal range

>nasal sounding voices

>rhythms seem to have only two values

>music of Pueblo tribes

characterized by low, harsh, pulsating style, and longer forms