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This song is said to have been learned from the Sioux. The 

 melody is divided into two parts of three measures each. The first 

 part contains the tones of the minor triad with the minor seventh 

 added, the sixth being used only as a passing tone. This is a very 

 primitive tonality. Among the songs of the Chippewa this tonality 

 is sometimes found in part of a song, but the song usually merges 

 into a diatonic chord before the close. (See songs nos. 116, 117, 172.) 



Five renditions of this song were recorded; these are identical 

 except that the first measure occurs only in the first rendition. The 

 harmonic peculiarity of this melody is best seen by playing the 

 chords which form the two parts of the song, as given at the close of 

 the transcription. 



No. 128. Song of the Loons (Catalogue no. 271) 

 Sung by Ga^tcitcigi^cig (" skipping a day "J 

 Voice J = 96 

 Drum j_116 

 ( Drum-rliythm similar to No. Ill ) 



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J 1 — ^ — |-I 1— ■ — H ^- 



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^ — Pi-^~ft 



^ -^ 



^^^=^t: 



Ki-wi- 



r ^, . I — +^- 1 ^ — I rl* ^-^J r^ ^— — m 



ta - gi - cig ban ga - bi - iie.s - i - mo - yan 



Kiwitagi'cig Flying all around the sky 



Gabin6s'imoyan' The loons are singing ' 



This is an old song, which was sung before starting on the war- 

 path. The words refer to the Loon clan or totem which, accortling 

 to William Warren, was very powerful among the Chippewa, even 

 claiming to be the chief or royal clan. 



Analysis. — Ilai-monic in structure, this song follows the outline of 

 the major triad in the upper and lower octaves with the sixth as a 

 passing tpne. This tone material is found in a large number of the 

 songs under analysis and is that of the fourth five-toned scale, lack- 

 ing the second. It is a form of tone material which appears transi- 

 tional from the simple major triad to the complete five-toned scale. 

 (See p. 63; also tabulated analysis, p. 9.) 



