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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



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No. 18. Third Song 



Voice J — 96 

 Drum J r= 1 52 

 ( Drum-rhythm similar to No. 1 ) 



(Catalogue no. 124) 



Nil! - go - ^0 - sa 



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h: 



^m^-^=m^^ 



sa ha ha win -go -ho - sa uiu-go-^o-sa uin-go-sa nin-go- 



=9-S— t-^— IsSilE 



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sa nin-go-^o-sa niu-go-sa niu-go-sa uin-go-sa ni - gi 



wa - a-min e - bid e ma - ul - do i ne iiin-go-sa uiu - go - sa 



WORDS 



Ningo'sa I am afraid of 



Nikan' My Mide^ brother 



NigTwam'in In my lodge 



E^bid Who dwells 



Analysis. — The chief musical interest of this sono; lies in the fact 

 that the first word is variously accented. We find the musical accent 

 falling on each of the three syllables. In all Mide' songs the words 

 are subordinate to the music, a peculiarity which is well illustrated 

 in this instance. The beginning of the song on the 

 imaccented portion of the measure is somewhat 

 unusual. 



The remaining songs of the series are given in out- 

 line instead of full transcription. This shows the 

 trend of the melody, but does not indicate either the 

 rhythm or note values. The metronome indication 

 which precedes the songs has no reference to the sym- 

 bol as written, its only purpose being to show the 

 metric unit of the voice and of the drum, for the pur- 

 pose of comparison. 



The beat of the drum is almost uniform through- 

 out the series, being in unaccented strokes, two of which are equiva- 

 lent to the metronome beat 126 or 132. Thus by metronome test there 

 are approximately four pulses of the drum to one of the voice, but 

 this correspondence is not evident to the ear. The relation between 

 the two is not accurate, for the rhythm of the voice varies, while the 

 drum does not vary, being entirely independent of the voice. 



Song picture no. 18. 

 The MIde' lodge and 

 the person to be ini- 

 tiated are shown. 



