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Melodic Analysis — Continued. 



BEGINNINGS OF SONGS 



Number 

 of songs. 



Beginning on the twelfth. 

 Beginning on the octave.. 

 Beginning on the third. . . 



Total. 



Catalogue numbers. 



98,262,275 



101,104,106,107,110 



99 



ENDINGS OF SONGS 



Ending on the tonic. 

 Ending on the fifth . . 

 Ending on the third. 



Total 



101.106,107,110,262,275 



98,99 



104 



FIRST PROGRESSIONS 



First progre.ssion upward 



First progres.sion downward. 



Total 



98,99,101,104,262,275 

 106,107,110 



ACCIDENTALS 



Songs containing no accidentals 



Sixth raised a semitone 



Fourth raised a semitone 



Fourth and seventh raised a semitone. 



Total 



104,106,107,110 



101,262,275 



99 



98 



Rhythmic Analysis 



Beginning on accented portion of measure 



Beginning on unaccented portion of measure. 



Total. 



101,104,107,110 

 98, 99, 10(;, 262, 275 



Ata'diwin'ina'gumo'win (Moccasin -game Songs) 



The moccasin game is the principal form of gambHng practised by 

 the Chippewa at the present time. A characteristic of the moccasin- 

 game songs worthy of special note is the com})ining of a rai)id metric 

 unit of drum with a slow metric unit of voice, strongly indicating 



