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CHIPPEWA MUSIC 



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Melodic Analysis — Continued. 



ACCIDENTALS 



Number 

 of songs. 



Catalogue numbers. 



Songs containing no accidentals . 



Sixth lowered a semitone. . 

 Third lowered a semitone . 

 Sixth raised a semitone 



206, 207, 209, 210, 211, 212, 245, 



246,259,260,261 

 213 

 208 

 244 



Total. 



Rhythmic Analysis 



Structural Analysis 



Miga'diwin'ina'gumo'win (War Songs) 



A wide range of material is included in this group. There are songs 

 which have been used to incite war, songs of the warpath, songs con- 

 cerning the brave deeds of warriors, and songs of the scalp dance. 

 The border line between groups of songs is not absolute and all our 

 classification must be regarded as general in character; thus there are 

 war songs among the dream songs and there is a scalp dance among 

 the "songs connected with special medicines." In these instances 

 the writer has followed the Indian who made the phonograph record. 

 Many songs are used in war dances. The following group may be 

 considered, however, representative of the class. 



The drumbeat of the war dance is in even strokes; the drumbeat 

 of the scalp dance is an accented stroke preceded by an unaccented 

 stroke about one-third of its length. These are the ordinary rhythms 

 but they may be varied by drummers of proficiency. 



