Anyone else find Aboriginal drumming/singing moving?

Of course. For some reason it touches a very Earth-centric chord in us, very basic.

Odd, I don’t remember typing in First_People and Aborigines as my tags.

Not bad. Seems sort of obsolete after hearing Beethoven, though.

I think it touches all of us (except, possibly @josie ). I enjoy the sound. It touches us at an elemental level & I think that we hear it more in our head (it could be an example of ‘forgotten’ memories).

Absolutely!! I love monk chanting and sounds of the forest, and all kinds of strange things though- lol

@josie For me it touches a different chord than classical, but both are necessary to my soul. By the age of 12 I had a workout routine to Hooked on Classics compilation, remember that one?!

I love traditional Hawai`ian percussion and song. It sends shivers down my spine.

Here is an example of using the ipu heke for percussion.

And here are some big drums.

Of course, they are not Native American. They are Polynesians, but they count as a First People.

Yes, I love drums. There are wonderful performances at every Pow Wow I have been to. I also love the Japanese drums that have become so popular at fairs and festivals in the U. S.

@YARNLADY Huge Native American Indian pow wow in Oklahoma over 4th of July, I’m going with our family, if you go we should meet up!! Several nice casino’s there, too.

Yeah, I found it moving. It moved me out of the room.

@Kropotkin Don’t let the door hit you on the ass!

I love it. I love the sound of the didge. This is a traditional piece of music but it makes me want to start dancing around.

This made me smile too.

Contemporary Aboriginal music.

This guy is at Circular Quay in Sydney. I don’t know how you can not move while listening to music like this.

I like it very much. It’s becoming more popular with choral groups in the US.
One of my favorites is the Indonesian Chock Song in which the voice acts as a drum, A group divided into 5 groups simply sings the word chock: group1, 1 beat to the measure; group 2, 2 beats to the measure; group 3, 3 beats to the measure; group 4, 4 beats to the measure; and group 5, 5 beats to the measure. The resulting rhythms sounding next to each other is wonderful

I love the didgeridoo and drumming it’s primal and earth connected