Make the sound as you exhale, then inhale quickly without making a sound. Repeat this, remembering to make sounds only when you exhale. The sounds can be long or short. European music first came to the Inuit from whalers and traders of the Hudson's Bay Co. in the form of songs and instruments, especially the mouth organ, button accordion, fiddle, and jew's-harp. Many Inuit sent to southern hospitals also heard new tunes that they brought back to Nunavut.
Gospel music is another very popular style of singing.
Inuit musicians, especially pioneers like Charlie Panigoniak, Simon Sigjariaq, Mary Atuat Thompson, Peter and Susan Aningmiuq, William Tagoona, Colin Adjun and Itulu Itidlui are very popular with the general public here. Many combine aspects of traditional Inuit music with modern instruments. Many Inuit musicians first became well known across the North after being heard on CBC North radio. Today, the annual True North Concert and media coverage of regional music festivals bring these performers to an even wider audience. Bands play time-worn tunes from across the Atlantic that were introduced to the North long ago by homesick whalers and traders.