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Similar tonal properties do not always unite rites of similar objective. 

 Feather and Drum Dances differ greatly, as do Corn and Hand-in- 

 hand Dances. Neither do rites to the Midpantheon and the Creator 

 exhibit the most conservative tendencies. The greatest conservatism 

 and homogeneity characterizes the animal dances. 



TEMPO 



(See table I, p. 41) 

 The tempi of all songs, as measured by the metronome, accompany 

 all transcriptions, all excerpts of rhythmic units in figures 4-9, 

 and the comparative tabulation on page 55. Wherever voice and 

 percussion differ, the instrumental tempo is also given. Usually 

 voice and percussion synchronize, except for a slight instrumental 

 lag in stomp-type dances, and except for regular syncopation in False 

 Face round. Husk Face, the last song of Changing- a-rib, and ohgiwe. 

 Voice and drum have different tempi in False Face round 10, Yeidos 5, 

 and Devil Dance 5. The dance step follows the percussion beat 

 wherever the beats differ. 



The tempi will be summarized according to relative speed: 

 Very fast^ — 152, 164^ — Feather Dance, False Face Round. 

 Fast — 112^ — 138 (accelerating) False Face Dance, Husk Face, New 



fskanye, Fish type. 112^ — Eagle Dance, Knee-rattle, Grinding- 



an-arrow, Robin (accelerating). 

 Moderate— 100 or 104— Sun Rite, War Dance, Buffalo, Bear, Dark 



Dance, Old ^skanye (accelerating), Corn, Trotting, Garters, Duck, 



Shaking-a-bush, Alligator, Delaware Dance, Fishing; notably, 



stomp type. 

 Slow — 88 — yeidos. Quavering, Changing- a-rib, Carry-out-the-kettle, 



Pigeon, Devil Dance, most introductory chants; Drum Dance. 

 Very slow — 100 — ohgiwe; 88 — Hand-in-hand Dance. (The step is 



half the tempo of stomp type dances, for one step synchronizes 



with each quarter note beat, in stomp type with each eighth note 



beat.) 

 Tempo crosscuts functional categories. However, very frenzied 

 and very slow speeds pertain to sacred and medicine rites, and average 

 speed to the vigorous war and stomp dances. Generally the intro- 

 ductory chants are slow, the first dance song accelerates to the tempo 

 of the remaining dance songs. In certain types, as Feather Dance, 

 New ^skanye and Fish Dances, all songs accelerate. 



RHYTHMIC FIGURES 



(See figs. 4-9, pp. 82-87) 

 Instruments: 



Instrumental beats ordinarily consist of continuous even or alter- 

 nately accented duple strokes. Bear Dance is even, Buffalo Dance 



