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BUREAU OF AMERT("AN ETHNOLOGY 

 Rhythmic Analysis 



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Structitral Analysis 



Harmonic. 

 Melodic... 



MOCC AS I N-GA M E SoN GS 

 No. 168 



Sana; by Gi'wita^bines 



(Catalogue no. 133) 



Voice J — 92 



Drum J =. 116 



(Drum-rhythm similar to No. Ill) 



;4=?: 



d: 



^=g=lEE^^BE3 



m-- 



s—s—^- 



Analysis. — The singer said that he learned this song when he was 

 a boy. The song was sung three times, the measure lengths and 

 melody remaining the same, but the note values varying in the latter 

 portion of the song. 



The chief interest lies in the fact that there is no apparent relation 

 between the pulse of the melody and the pulse of the drum, the 

 melody being J =92 and the drum J =112, each being maintained 

 very regularly. Each drum beat is jM-eceded l)y the short unaccented 

 stroke which characterizes the rhythm of the moccasin game. 



