| Songs with vocables for the lead and with lyrics for the second part are known as intertribals. |
| Beyond the vocables, the lyrics of the songs suggest an indigenized form of blues music in that they contain stories of love and loss. |
| Straight songs are often composed of vocables and are used as a warm-up for fancy dancers who dance in a straight upright posture. |
| Katajjait texts include comprehensible words, words that have lost their meanings, vocables, and mimicking of nature sounds. |
| Although vocables do not have a strict linguistic meaning, singers use them to communicate with and motivate the dancers. |
| Many Native American songs employ vocables, syllables that do not have referential meaning. |
