Inuit music Music of Canadian cultures

approximately 25,000 inuit live in northern canada, spread across nunavut, northwest territories, , nunavik (northern quebec). prior european contact, inuit music based around drums has since grown include fiddles , accordions. music dance-oriented , requested luck in hunting, gambling, or weather, , rarely, if ever, expressing traditional purposes love or specialized forms work songs , lullabies. in 20th century, inuit music influenced scottish , irish sailors, as, influentially, american country music. canadian broadcasting corporation has long been recording inuit music, beginning station in iqaluit in 1961. accordion players charlie panigoniak , simeonie keenainak found audience, latter notably incorporating musical influences polkas , jigs quebec , newfoundland.

katajjaq, or inuit throat singing , has become known curiosity. in traditional singing style, female singers produce melodies deep in throats. pair of singers stare @ each other in sort of contest. common in northern quebec , baffin island, katajjaq singers perform in sync each other, 1 producing strong accent while other producing weak one. contest ends when 1 singer begins laughing, runs out of breath or pair s voices become simultaneous. extent, young inuit have revitalized genre, , musicians tudjaat have incorporated pop structures.