Music 463 



Diwas 

 Record B. Sung at night by the friends of a sick man. 



There are two singers on this record, both men with bass voices. 

 One seems to be the leader, the accompanying singer dragging along 

 behind. As the tempo is very slow and many of the tones long drawn 

 out, this uncertainty on the part of the second performer is not so 

 noticeable, except on the quick runs as the leader passes to another 

 principal tone. 



The song is cast in the natural minor scale of D. The E^ near the 

 beginning of the second line does not belong to the scale. It is not 

 well defined on the record, and so is indicated in the transcription with 

 an interrogation-mark beneath. 



Although not confined to the intervals of the pentatonic scale, 

 the number is distinctly pentatonic in character. It is made up mostly 

 of the tones A, C, D, and E. These tones belong to the pentatonic 

 scales of C major and its relative minor A. In tonality, the song can- 

 not be considered as belonging to either of these keys, as there is a 

 very distinct feeling of B^ in it, notwithstanding that the tone is seldom 

 dwelt upon, but passed over quickly, almost glissando, in nearly every 

 place where it occurs. 



The song ends on A. This is not the key note, however, but is the 

 fifth of the key. 



The song is like a mournful chant. Throughout there is a peculiar 

 wailing which leaves a strange, haunting impression. The music ad- 

 mirably suits the hour when it is used. It would be decidedly incon- 

 gruous given in broad daylight. These untutored savages could hardly 

 have conjured up a more typical tone-picture of the "shadowy valley" 

 than the song heard on this record. 



The peculiarly weird character is due in large part to the swelling 

 out and dying away of the tones on certain syllables. (For comparison 

 to effects found in Igorot music, see "Swelled Tones" under Defini- 

 tion of Qualities, p. 479). , 



Sang-Sangit 



Record C. Sung during the evening following a funeral. 



In this record we hear but one voice — a man's. The song is cast in 



the minor scale of G, but whether the natural minor or the harmonic, 



cannot be determined, as the singer does not use the 7th of the scale. 



It is not pentatonic in character. 



The song is given in the recitative style. There are several verses 



