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CHIPPEWA MUSIC 



57 



worthy of mention. In this as in other Mide' songs the pulse is not 

 mechanically regular and the same variations are found in the second 

 as in the first rendition. This variation usually consists in a very 

 slight prolonging of the accented tones. This song and the succeed- 

 ing song contain syncopations, which are extremely rare in the Chip- 

 pewa songs. 



No. 17. Second Song (Catalogue no. 123) 



Voice J ,:= 72 



Drum J::= 126 



( Di-um-rhythra similar to No. 1 ) 



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r- ^p.. o — |— — t — rt r • — r^ • — r» — • — •—■-:-«' • 



E!i: 



^E=E= 



Wen-dji - mo - ki - yan e e e wen-dji - mo - ho - ho -ki - yan 



^^ 



r- 



SE 



-1 m m & 



EEESE^HE 



=F= 



e he he wen-dji- mo- ki-yan e he Aewen- dji-mo - ho- ho -k.i-ya,n 



^^^=i=:t 



^^ 



=^- 



:EE^EEF^E=r=EE=^ 



he he . wen -dji -mo-ki - yan e he he wen-dji -mo- ho 



m^ 



:F- 



ll^^S 



;E==E=^d 



ho - ki - yan e 



na-wo-kfim-i-gau a ge he he wen - dji 



Nawo^kumigan^ In the center of the earth 



Wen'djimo^kiyan^ Whence I come 



This and the remaining songs of the set were recorded a few days 

 later than the first song. At this time tobacco had been provided, 

 which the old chief smoked in silence. When he 

 was ready, he seated himself before the phonograph 

 and again made a speech, translated as follows: 



I am not doing this for the sake of curiosity, but I have 

 smoked a pipe to the Mide^ manido^ from whom these songs 

 came, and I ask them not to be offended with me for singing 

 these songs which belong to them. 



Analysis. — This song is of unusually small com- 

 pass, and it is interesting to note the drop of a 

 minor third to D with a return to the tonic F. 

 This is rare in the Chippewa songs recorded, but has been noted in 

 other primitive music. In this song the metric unit is the measure, 

 the pulses of the parts of the measure being less uniform and regular. 

 The song closely resembles a chant. 



Song picture no. 17. 

 The "center of the 

 earth'" is plainly indi- 

 cated in the drawing. 



