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CHIPPEWA MUSIC 



129 



Misiwty All over 



Akifi The world 



Nin^debwe^widflm^ My voice resounds 



In this song, as in the preceding, the singer contemphites the 

 storm. He hears the reverberation of the thunder and in his dream 

 or trance he composes a song concerning it. 



Analysis. — This song is definitely major in tonahty and was sung 

 in exact time throughout. The metric unit of the diiim is shghtly 

 faster than that of the voice and produces an effect of hurrying the 

 voice. The lowered sixth occurs as an accidental. It is impossible 

 to indicate the exact deviations from pitch and the peculiar porta- 

 mento of voice used in this song, but the manner of the rendition 

 strongly suggests that they are used to heighten the effect and do 

 not form an actual part of the song. 



No. 115. "The Approach of the Storm 



Sung by Ga'gandac^ 



Voice J- 112 

 Drum J^ 116 

 (Drum-rhythm similar to No. Ill ) 



(Catalogue no. 209) 



gwen ka - bi 



de - bwe - wi-dun 



AbitH^ From the half 



Giclguii'' Of the sky 



Ebigwen' That which lives there 



Kabide'bwewiduii' Is coming, and makes a noise 



The Thunder manido' represents to the Indian the mysterious 

 spirit of the storm, and he imagines that this manido' sometimes 

 makes a noise to warn him of its approach. This is his interpreta- 

 12692°— Bull. 45—10 9 



