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• CHIPPEWA MUSIC II 



No. 66. "lam Small" 



Sung by Mec'kawiga^bau 



161 



(Catalogue No. 432) 



Voice J =88 

 Drum J- 112 

 ( Drum-rhythm similar to No. 19 ) 



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Wen 



ya - an 



loa ca-wto-o-nang don-dji-ba a 





djl - a-ga -ci 



ya - an 



wendjiii^aciyan^ I am small 



caVunonaiig' from the south 



don'djilja^ I come 



Analysis. — This melotly, which contains seven sections, is based on 

 a rhythmic unit, although that unit does not appear at either the 

 beginning or the end of the song. The opening phrase has a rhythm 

 of its own, and the closing measures were slightly hurried in tempo, 

 as though the singer were in haste to reach the final tone. The song 

 is major in tonality and comprises the tones of the fourth five-toned 

 scale. In structure it is melodic with harmonic framework. 



After listening to a number of songs in the liouse of E'niwub'e the 

 writer passed into the open air. The lake was white and glistening 

 ill the moonlight and the pines were outlined darkly against the sky. 

 A party of Indians, carrying a drum, were coming down the road, 

 and in the distance a light shone from Bi'jikens's window. On inquiry 

 it was learned that the party belonging to the chief drum had been 

 dancing at Bi'jikens's house and that they were bringing that drum 

 to E'niwub'e's, where they would sing with both drums, 

 67996°— Bull. 53—13 11 



