Khadeja Elmasry 7A

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Australian Aboriginal Music
Good Morning/afternoon everyone. Today I will be speaking about Australian
Aboriginal music and its culture, as well as their instruments. Aboriginal’s
music is very important to them it is a part of their life, they had different types
of music for every occasion. Aboriginal’s music has been with them for a long
time, and still stays with them up until today.
There are many topics I can speak about today on Aboriginal music. I will start
on what type of genre connects with their music. Rock, roll, country, rap and
hip hop, have all appeared at some point in traditional Australian music,
commonly known as aboriginal music. Some other genres for the traditional
music is world, and prehistoric music.
Aboriginals also need instruments to create their music. To create the music,
they don’t use normal instruments like, guitars, drums, tambourines, shakers
or pianos. They have their own instruments, they include: the didgeridoo,
bullroarer and the gum-leaf. All three instruments are Aerophones. The
didgeridoo is typically played for ceremonial dancing and singing. The
bullroarer is used in initiation ceremonies and in burials to keep away the bad
spirits away. The gum-leaf is used to imitate bird calls and just to create some
catchy tunes.
Aboriginal music is important to them because it tells stories, such as the
dreamtime. They had songs for every topic, for stories, animals, hunting,
funerals, ancestors, seasons, myths and much more!
The key features of Aboriginal music are:
 Clapping Sticks
 Didgeridoo
 Body Paintings
 Tribes
 Dance Rituals
 Dreamtime
 Corroborees
As you can see now, aboriginal music is a huge topic and is very important to
the aboriginals, they use it for many different occasions and it is a part of their
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everyday life in almost everything they do, it helps them express their culture
and really shows who they are. Thank you for listening.

Audios for Aboriginal music,

https://youtu.be/N8Oof5uNGAk
https://youtu.be/pCuuRRrfOXo