Did you like the Eagle Dance example? Why or why not? What did you notice about the vocal quality? Is this the kind of vocal sound we expect when we listen to any recorded piece of music for pleasure? Does it help to view the dancers to experience this music as opposed to listening to the music by itself? Why or why not?
When watching the Eagle Dance, It was both interesting and confusing. Obviously this has major symbiology, but I couldn’t wrap my head at all around what that symbiology was. When listening to their chants, it definitely did NOT resemble any kind of music we listen to today for recreational purposes. It absolutely does help to observe the dancers during the music. Its hard to explain why, but the best answer I can think of is that this way you get an idea about what it is the dancers and musicians are wanting to say or show.
Wesley Conser 