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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



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Unclassified Songs — Lac du Flambeau Reservation ^ 

 Melodic Analysis 



TONALITY 



Number 

 of songs 



Serial Nos. of songs 



Major 



Minor 



Beginning major, ending minor (same keynote) 



Total 



68, 115, 116, 117, 118, 121, 122, 127 

 114, 119, 120, 123, 124, 125, 126, 171 

 67 



BEGINNINGS OF SONGS 



Number 

 of songs 



Serial Nos. of songs 



On twelfth. 

 On fifth... 

 On ninth . . 

 On octave. 

 On fourth . 

 On third . . 

 On tonic. . 



Total 



68,115 



116, 118, 120, 125 



67, 117 



114, 119, 123, 124, 126 



121, 122 



171 



127 



ENDINGS OF SONGS 



TONE MATERIAL 



Serial Nos. of songs 



First five-toned scale 



Second five-toned scale 



Fourth five-toned scale 



Major triad and sixth 



Minor triad and fourth 



Octave complete 



Octave complete except seventh 



Octave complete except seventh and second 



Octave complete except sixth 



Minor third and fourth 



First, second, and fifth tones 



Other combinations of tones 



Total 



' The following songs included in this table are described in other chapters: Nos. 67 and 68 are divorce 

 songs, found in the Drum-presentation Ceremony, while No. 171 is a song of the pipe dance. 



