Grandmother Song

Grandmother Song is an introduction to the Mohican tradition of "sung syllables," or what Native Americans call "vocables." Combining them with traditional wood flute songs, you'll experience a fresh look at the sound of Native American songs. Band instruments are performed less as musical instruments, and more as talking sticks, singing reeds, rustling winds and shooting thunder. Through this ballad, students are given the materials to understand how Native Americans celebrate the world around them through the blending of words and song.  What a powerful learning experience!