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Voice J= 108 

 Drum J= 108 

 ( Drum-rhythm similar to No. 2 ) 



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CHIPPEWA MUSIC — n 



No. 147. "One Bird" 



Sung by A'jiDE''GijiG 



269 



(Catalogue No. 291) 



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-f=2 , 



Be- jig bl-ne - si 



ni-wi-dji - wa 



+ + 





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15: 





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-^CME=PL=|_^: 



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Jt=2: 



j£B: 



I 



be^jig one 



bine'si bird 



niwi^djiwa^ I am going with him 



Analysis. — The rhythmic unit of this song contains six measures 

 and occurs five times; its repetitions constitute the entire song. 

 The first section of the song is outhned by the interval of the 

 fourth, representing the descent from the tonic to the dominant; 

 the second section is based on the descending interval of the fifth 

 and contains the tones of the tonic triad; and the third contains the 

 descent in the lower octave from the tonic to the dominant. The 

 outline of the second and third sections is repeated, and the dominant 

 is the closing tone of the song. Thus the melody, in its broad outline, 

 is seen to have a definite relation to the tonic chord, yet within this 

 outline we find another characteristic. The tone D flat appears with 

 prominence, and in its connection with the tonic triad forms a group 

 of the minor triad and minor seventh, which has been noted in songs 

 of the Chippewa and also in the music of other primitive people. 

 (See footnote, p. 130, Bulletin 45.) This group is noted also in Nos. 

 133, 151, 152, 153, 154, and 163 of the present work. 



