DENS MORE J 



CHIPPEWA MUSIC II 



No. 116. "Maple Suj^ar" 



SUIIK by MEf/KAWIGA^«AU 



231 



("Catalogue No. 4.39) 



Voice J = 88 

 Dbum J — 88 

 (Drum-rhythm similar to No. 10) 





sill - zi-ba-kwat e - ta me-rio - ka - go-yan 



Hln'ziba''kwat maple sugar 



</ta is the only thing 



me^noka^goyan^ that satLsfies me ' 



Analysis. — This song contaiiLs the tones G, A, C, D, E. Although 

 the song begins and ends on D, the tone acceptable to the ear as a 

 keynote is G. The tone material thus comprises the tones of a major 

 scale lacking the third and seventh, a sequence of tones designated 

 by Helmholtz^ as the first five-toned scale. Other songs lacking the 

 third are considered in the analysis of Xo. 53. The influence of the 

 rhythmic unit is evident throughout the song, though the variation 

 of the phrases is less interesting than in the group of songs mentioned 

 in connection with Xo. 90. 



The maple sap (sinziha'kwadwaho') is boiled into sirup (jivjcujum'- 

 Iziglin) and then prepare<l in three forms, the most common being 

 the grained sugar inam'igiin), which is stored in rna'l-iihs Cpl. .37), 

 varying in size from very small ones to large ones holding 20 pounds 

 or more. With the covers sewed down the ma'IcQJcs afford a con- 

 venient method of storing the sugar. In the old days they. were 



• A pall or ma'kUk of maple sugar was a gift highly valued by those who joined in the begging dance. 

 2 In SematioTH of Tone, p. 2tA). 



