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INUIT MUSIC

Influence from Western culture
Contact with European explorers in the 16th and 17th century brought Western influence to Inuit music. The microtonality and rhythmic complexity of the music was replaced with structures more resembling the structures of Western music. https://ipssas.ku.dk/publications/publindex2005/16_Krejci.pdf

Most Inuit today identify with Moravian hymns and locally composed folk/country songs sung in Inuktitut, Newfoundland fiddle/accordion music, and contemporary popular music. This stems from Moravian missionaries filling the musical void they created—promoting their own sacred music while prohibiting Inuit drumming, dancing, and throat singing. https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/etudinuit/2014-v38-n1-2-etudinuit01719/1028852ar/