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CHIPPEWA MUSIC 



49 



No. 14. First Song of the Feast (Catalogue no. 65) 

 Sung by Ki^tcimak'wa (" big bear ") 



Voice ^ ^ 69 



( Recorded without drum) 



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Ni-k9,n-ftg e e nin-da - ca- mi-gog e 



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e ni - kan i hi 



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na ni - kan-1ig e 



nin-da- ca-mi-goo 



e ni- kS,n 



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ni - kan- fic 



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^j nin-da - ca- mi-gog 



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ni - kan 



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na ui-kan- ftc 



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ni - kan ca - mi - gog 



he iii-kau e he na ni-kan-fig 



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e nin-da- ca-mi- gog e he ni-kS,n- 



i hi na 



Nikan^ug My Mide^ brethren 



NinMaca'migog^ Have given me this feast 



Analysis. — This is a particularly free melody, begin- 

 ning on the second, ending on the fifth of the key, and 

 having very little feeling for the fundamental chords of 

 the key. The intonation usually falls on the second of song picture 

 two similar tones. The rhythm of the song is peculiar, han'dis^shown 

 the first five measures constituting a rhythmic unit. 

 The repetition of this unit is regular throughout the 

 song. A rhythmic unit regularly repeated suggests that 

 a rhythmic idea or impulse may be the nucleus of the 

 musical composition. It is of interest therefore to 

 note the occurrence of the rhythmic unit in this series of songs 



After the feast is served the following song is sung : 

 12692°— Bull. 45—10 4 



bestowing the 

 feast, which 

 the singer 

 stretches u p 

 his own hand 

 to receive. 



