190 BUEEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 5?. 



No. 86. "If He is a Warrior" (Catalogue No. 419) 



Sung by E'niwub^e 

 Voice J = 126 

 Drum J= 126 

 (Drum-rhythm similar to No. 15 ) 



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i^iis=-i^^ 





S: 



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3=^t=t^^t=f=P7[|:g=f=P=p: 



iiigfe 



.^—ft—^—fi—^- 





- gi - tcl-da-gweu na - wa- wi-na-kwe - dag 



aSi^lElfeilirE^:^^^^: 



*-=?EfiS;^^^|;| 



ogi^tcida^gwgn ' if he iw a warrior 



nawi^nakwedag^ he will answer me 



Analysis. — This melody comprises the tones of the fourth five- 

 toned scale. It will be readUy seen that the i)rogressions of the 

 first six measures are outlined by the descending interval A-E, the 

 principal tones being those of the triad, with the second as a passing 

 tone. The next twelve measures are outlmed by the descending 

 interval E-B, which suggests in musical terminology the dominant 

 chord in the key of A. We note, however, that G sharp, the third 

 of that chord, does not appear and that F sharp is used as a passing 

 tone, similar to B in the opening measures. Thus the framework of 

 the melody consists of two descending intervals of the fifth — E-A 

 and B-E^ in both of which the second is used as a passing tone, the 

 third occurring only in the opening section, (Compare Nos. 23 and 

 28, based on the interval of a fourth.) The rhythmic unit occurs 

 three times. A triple followed by a double measure is found seven 

 times in the song but the two unite to form a rhythmic unit only in 

 the instances indicated bv the bracket. 



I From Sioux aki'cita, "warrior," + Chippewa suffix -gwerij subjunctive mode (with kishpin, "if,' 

 understood). See pp. 72, 76, 108, 186, 230. 



