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CHIPPEWA MUSIC 



109 



Analysis. — This song has the smallest range of any song analyzed. 

 It was simg five times, each rendition ending on F sharp. The tempo 

 is plainly 5-4, and the pulse of the measure-beginnings is exact, though 

 too slow to be indicated by the metronome. The divisions of the 

 measure are imperfectly indicated by note values, the first tone in sev- 

 eral measures being slightly prolonged beyond the value of a dotted 

 quarter. It is these delicate distinctions in time values which give 

 to a song, as sung by the Indian, its peculiar expressiveness and 

 ap])ealing quality. As in other songs of this character, the accidental 

 is the lowered sixth. At first the singer did not sing this accurately, 

 but later gave it with c^orrect intonation. 



No. 92. "I Will Sing" 



Sung by Main^ans 



Voice J — 84 

 Drum J— 92 

 ( Drum-rhythm similar to No. 1 ) 



(Catalogue iiu. 255) 



Ni - da - zon -ga-gi-dan 



da - zou -ga-gi-dau 



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ni - da 



zon - ga - gi - dan 



ni - da - zon - ga - gi - dan 





ni - da - zon - ga-gi-dan e ni - da - zon - ga - gi - dan 



-P5 



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ni - da - zon - ga - gi - dan e 



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ni - da - zon - ga - gi - dan 



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Mr -de - wi-wiu ni-da- zon - ga-gi - dan 



ni- da 



WORDS 



Nidazon^gagidan^ I will sing with the great power 



Mide'wiwin Of the Mide^wiwin 



This song was sung during the preparation of the medicines, not 

 during the ceremony of initiation. 



