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comparison it is found that these renditions vary in intonation, but 

 that the note-values and accents are the same, with some slight 

 exceptions in the tones which connect the phrases. In all the songs 

 it seems allowable to divide or prolong these connecting tones at the 

 will of the singer. The song contains a rhythmic unit, which occurs 

 six times and is slightly varied near the close of the song. Eacli 

 group of two rhythmic units forms a melodic phrase. The song is 

 melodic in structure according to the present basis of classification 

 because an accent is placed on an accidental tone, but the remainder 

 of the accented tones follow the intervals of the tonic chord. The 

 accidental is the sixth lowered a semitone. In form the melody 

 resembles Nos. 4, 5, 33, 34. 



Many songs were used in the dances at the nightly camps, the 

 warriors frequently singing of their former victories. The following 

 two songs are characteristic of this class. 



Voice J = 112 



Drum J— 116 



( Drum-rhythm similar to No. 19 ) 



-•- -•- -•- -0- -i 



No. 20. "A War Bird' 



Sung by Odjib^we 



(Catalogue No. 332) 



Ja- wfin-i - bi-si 



-^—0^-0- 





^^^^^^^^^ 



ga - ka-na-wa-ba-mid 



jaVflnibi^si a war bird 



ga'kanawa^bamid' who looked upon me 



Amilysis. — In the number and manner of renditions this song is 

 similar to No. 19, two sets of records being made at an interval of a 

 fortnight. As in the preceding instance, the rhythm remains identical 

 throughout the renditions, but several unimportant note-values are 

 altered. The rhythmic unit is short and occurs in both double and 

 triple measures ; the song as a whole has an interesting completeness 

 or unity of rhythm. The melody is clearly in the key of G, although 

 the tonic does not appear until the eighth measure. 

 67996°— Bull. 53—13 7 



