A Circle Dance Song – Shizhane’e’

A Circle Dance Song – Shizhane’e’

Listen to Shizhane’e’
The A and B sections repeat after the C section, producing what Gary Witherspoon calls “dynamic symmetry”

Obviously the Navajo are concerned with form and shape in their art.

How does this symmetrical form support the meaning of the text?

Are there examples of this in Western popular music?

Topic taken from Worlds of Music, 3rd Edition, Jeff Todd Titon

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