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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 53 



No. 102. Song of the Hand Game (Catalogue No. 395) 

 Suug by E'niwub'e 

 Voice J= 120 

 Drum J=r 120 

 ( Drum-rhythm similar to No. 19) 



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Analysis. — This is said to be the identical song which was taught 

 by the manido' to the man who had been dead. No words were 

 recorded. Drum and voice have the same metric unit but the drum 

 is constantly in advance of the voice, seeming to urge it forw^ard. 

 The rhythmic unit in the firet plirase of the song is once repeated 

 accurately, varied somewhat ui the third plu-ase, and disappears 

 entirely in the final phrase of the song. Only one tone other than 

 those of the tonic triad occurs m the melody. The singer stated that 

 when the players " make a guess" m the game it is customary for the 

 song to stop at once and for the drum to beat rapidly while the score is 

 counted. In illustration of tliis he interrupted the smgmg of the song 

 with an exclamation and beat the drum very rapidly for several 

 seconds; he then resumed the song, begmning at the first measure 

 instead of at the measure where he made the pause. Tliis appears in 

 the phonographic record of the song. 



