138 



BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 45 



No. 122 (Catalogue no. 179) 



Sung by Aki'waizi' ("old man ") 



Voice J 1=69 



Drum J= 126 



(Drum-rhythm similar to No. 1) 



Eiife^ 



Analysis. — This song is based on the second five-toned scale of E 

 flat, the harmonic divisions being the minor third E flat-G flat 

 followed by the major third G flat-B fiat, the song closing with a 

 return of the minor third E flat-G flat. 



The rhythm of the voice is plainly J =69, while the beat of the 

 drum is in unaccented eighths, J = 126; if the drum- were J == 138 we 

 should have four drumbeats to one melody note, but repeated tests 

 have failed to bring the two parts into this relation. The drum is 

 plainly of a slightly difTerent unit from that of the voice and persist- 

 ently retains that unit. The tempo of the voice is unusually even 

 in this song. 



No. 123 



Sung by Main^ans 



(Catalogue no. 182) 



Voice J = 76 

 Recorded without drum 



S; 



Analysis. — The principal intervals of progression in Chippewa 

 songs are the intervals of the third and fourth. This song is very 

 unusual in that its principal melodic feeling is for the interval of 

 the second. The dominant of the key is unusually prominent. The 

 third 'of the ke^^ does not occur in the song, yet the song is readily 

 accompanied by the tonic, subdominant, and dominant chords of 

 the key. The song contains seven measures and is an excellent ex- 

 ample of the entire song constituting a rhythmic unit. Six rendi- 

 tions appear on the phonograph cylinder. 



