Plains pow-wow music uses a three beat-pattern AA' BC BC form with each phrase grouping ending with a formulaic cadential pattern of genre-specific vocables. This form is called:

The Plains pow-wow music that uses a three beat-pattern AA' BC BC form with each phrase grouping ending with a formulaic cadential pattern of genre-specific vocables is known as the Omaha form.

Pow-wow singing is usually done in either the southern (with a slow tempo and a lower voice) or the northern style (with a faster tempo and more intense rhythmic structures) and it is defined as a social gathering that was held by the then North American indigenous communities and could either be private or public.

The Plain culture pow wow music with a form known as the Omaha form is done in a three beat-pattern AA' BC BC form with each phrase grouping ending with a formulaic cadential pattern of genre-specific vocables and the form is also one of the ancestors to today's pow-wow repertory; the other being the Ponca form.

To learn more about the Great Plains see: