im going to do a small post about music used in tribal beliefs, dances, rituals, ect. first im going to start with drums. drums are one of the most important instrument in most native american tribes. several oral traditions state that drumbeats is the earth's heartbeat. drums are often accompanied by human voices and the people who actually play the drums are called singers instead of drummers due to close relation. another instrument that is used is the flute which is used for a variety of occasions and are all tuned differently according to the tribe. Shaman's drums and rattles are used in tribes to cure physical and mental ailments. even though native americans do actually use instruments in most of their music they rarely play just instrumental pieces since they consider singing the most important part of music