DENSiMOKEj 



CHIPPEWA MUSIC II 



273 



ka'bibabi^kwagodeg' gi'eat heaps 



a^nakwad of clouds 



pa^ina^biyan' in the direction I am looking 



Analysis. — This song is said to have been composed by a woman. 



(See Nos. 31, 39, 40, 112, 127, 177, 178.) The melody contains only 



three descending }3rogi'essions larger than a minor third; these are 



major thirds, occurring between the lower tone of one minor third 



(F-A flat) and the upper tone of another minor tliird (B flat-D flat). 



The song is major in tonality, yet 13 of the intervals (36 per cent) 



are intervals of the minor third, 9 descending and 4 ascending. (See 



Nos. 140, 141, 161, 163.) The last four measures of the song consist 



of the tones of the major triad on D flat, yet observation of the first 



part of the song shows the prominence of the outline A flat-F-D 



flat-B flat, wliich forms a minor triad with minor seventh added. 



This is a chord of strong barbaric color, which has been found in the 



music of many primitive peoples; it is noted in Bulletin 45 (footnote, 



p. 130), also in Nos. 133, 147, 152, 153, 154, 163 of the present series. 



In the song under analysis this chord resolves into the tonic chord 



by the progression of B flat to A flat in the seventh measure from the 



close. The song is harmonic in structure, the only tones accented 



being the tones of the tonic triad. The melody tones are those of 



the fourth five-toned scale. The intonatioji of the singer was most 



nearly accurate on the tonic and fifth and most uncertain on the 



tliird of the key. 



No. 152. "Around the Sky" (Catalogue No. 318) 



Sung bv Awun^akOm^igickun^ 



Voice Jl_80 



Drum 



104 



{ Drum-rhythm similar to No. 19 ) 



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