The songs of the Ami, like those of all Taiwanese aborigines, are regarded as an important ethnic music resource. In particular, the origins of Taiwan's aborigines are thought to be connected to a great migration of their Austronesian ancestors, and these songs have great importance for understanding the social organization and culture of the people of the Austronesian language group.
跟其他台灣原住民的音樂一樣，阿美族歌謠也是世界民族音樂的重要資產之一，尤其是台灣原住民的由來，一直被認為跟南島語族祖先群的變遷有關，因此人類學裡阿美族音樂對南島語族社群組織、文化的理解有重要意義。