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CHIPPEWA MUSIC 



No. G3. Initiation Song 



Sung by Main^ans 



81 

 (Catalogue no. 254) 



Voice J =168 

 Drum J- 176 

 (Drum-rhythm similar to No. 3) 





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Ba - do-gwen e gi-bi-uan e ba - do-gwen e gi-bi-nan 





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ba - do-gweii e gi - bi -nan e ba - do-gweu e gi - bi - nan 



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ba -do-gweu e gi-bi-nan e A.in de-nm-sa gun 



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gi-wi-ne - wa ba - do-gwen e gi-bi-nan e ba- do-gwen 





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ba - do-gwen e gi - bi - nan c 



gi - bi - nan 



i^en^ It never fails 



Gibinan^ The shell 



Demusa^ Goes toward them Songpictureno. 



GiVinewa^ And they fall 63. This draw- 



ing represents a 



This song is sung during the ''shooting" of the can- ™''^''- 

 didate for initiation. The song is unusual in that the first descent 

 of the voice is the interval of a fourth. The melody follows closely 

 the minor chord, all other tones being readily identified as passing 

 tones. 



No. 64. Initiation Song 

 Sung by Ki^tcimak^wa 



(Catalogue no. 67) 



Fair weather is symbolic of health and happiness. Thus the words 

 of this song predict health and happiness for the person to be 

 initiated. 



Analysis. — An unusual number of vowel syllables are used to fill out 

 the measures of this song. Longer than most Mide' songs, its spe- 

 cial musical interest is the manner in which quadruple measures are 

 introduced into a triple rhythm. 



12692°— Bull. 45—10 6 



