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No. 109. "I am Thinking of Her" (Catalogue No. 442) 

 Sung by Mec'kwawiga^bau 

 Voice J — 92 

 Recorded without drum 



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WORDS (free translation) 



I sit here thinking of her 

 I am sad as I think of her 



Analysis. — This was said to be a particularly old song. It contains 

 an unusual number of intervals of a whole tone — 14 (58 per cent) of 

 the 24 intervals in the song. Reference to Tables Nos. 11 and 12 

 will show that only 42 per cent of the ascending, and 35 per cent 

 of the descending, intervals in the 340 songs under analysis are 

 intervals of a second, either a whole tone or a semitone. The promi- 

 nence of the subdommant is noted in this, as in other songs of 

 sadness. (See Nos. 106, 110, 170). The melody tones are those 

 of the second five-toned scale. The rhythmic unit, although repeated 

 only once, clearly influences the rhythm of the entire song. (See 

 Nos. 90, 94, 96, 103, 108, 115, 123.) The mterval of the fourth in the 

 formation of a melody is considered in the analysis of No. 22. 



No. 110. "Weeping for My Love" (Catalogue No. 443) 



Sung by Dji'sia^sino^kwe ("'deceiving woman ") 

 Voice J =92 

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