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CHIPPEWA MUSIC — II 



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No. 64. "The Ravens are Singing" (Catalogue No. 4:i4) 

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Analysis. — -The rhythmic unit of this song is short, interesting, and 

 repeated frequently. In the five renditions recorded the only difference 

 was that in one rendition the tone G in the sixth measure was sung 

 as a quarter instead of as a half note. This exact repetition of the 

 rhythm is interesting because the intonation in the first part of the 

 song was very uncertain. It appeared difficult for this singer to 

 keep correct intonation on small intervals (see Nos. 54, 55, 61, 100, 

 145, 166). The song is minor in tonality, melodic in structure, and 

 contains all the tones of the octave except the seventh. The interval 

 of the fourth is prominent in the structure of the melody (see No. 22). 



