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A vocable is a word used without meaning. They are used in Blackfoot music and other American Indian music and other music.

The Blackfoot, like other Plains Indians, use consonants h, y, w, and vowels. They avoid n, c (ts) and other consonants. i and e tend slightly to be higher pitches, a, o, and u lower ones.