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Well, there also are the whistling languages (mostly found in mountain regions).You could even argue that jodeling would be part of the whistling language family. It had been found that given the circumstances people were able to communicate over long distances much easier.
To them it is language. To us it might sound like music.
Cass
^^^^ And drums in Africa and Indigenous America were used for long distance communication.
Rhythm in general was a point of integration between music and work, and other daily activities in many African cultures, and others like maybe "yo ho heave ho" the Russian serfs' song. In the cartoon/fairy tale Snow White's seven dwarfs whistled while they worked, and it may have reflected some historical actuality. Black Americans had field hollers during slavery. They were working in the fields. Rhythmic sound can coordinate group movements. Of course, soldiers have drums and bugles.
Much music is integrated with dance.
Charles
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