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CHIPPEWA MUSIC — II 



263 



No. 140. "Carried Around the Sky" (Catalogue No. 310) 

 Sung by Ki'miwun 



(Drum-rhythm similar to No. 19 ) 



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Ki-wi- ta - ci-yan gi - jio 



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ki-wi - ta - ci-yan gi - jig 



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ung 



ki-wi 



ta - ci-yau gi - jig 



ki-wi 



ta - ci - 



fesii^feiii^^irth^l 



yaii gi - Jig - ung 



ki- wi 



ta - ci-yan gi - jig 



uiig kt -wi - 



ta - ci - yan gi - jig - 



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ki-wi - ta - ci-yau gi - jT^ 



kiwita''yaciyan' ' as the wind is carrying me 



gi'jigung' around the sky 



Analysis. — This is an example of a song showing an interval forma- 

 tion and containing what would be called in musical terms "the 

 tonic of the key" only in the middle part of the song. Chippewa 

 songs with this characteristic have been noted only among those col- 

 lected at Waba'clng; these are Nos. 135, 137, 139, 141, 142, 165. If 

 we depend on the musical ear in determining the key of a song, we 

 place this song in the key of G major, yet 85 per cent of the intervals 

 are minor. The song contains 13 intervals, of which 9 (70 per cent) 

 are minor thu-ds and 2 (15 per cent) are minor seconds, the other 

 intervals being a major third and a major second. (See Nos. 141, 

 151, 161, 163.) The rhythmic unit contains three measures and 

 occurs seven times, being accurately and continuously repeated. The 

 accidental tone (A sharp) was given with correct intonation. No 

 differences appear in the four renditions of the soiig. 



This and the two following songs are said to be sung after the 

 "doctor" has "swallowed" the bones and during the treatment of 



1 One syllable of this word was omitted by the singer. 



