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The melody is simple in structure and contains only the tonic with 

 the third and fourth. This tone material (minor third and fourth) is 

 found in only two songs of the series of 340 (see No. 157 in Bulletin 

 45, and No. 11 of the present work). Attention is directed to the 

 rapid tempo of both voice and drum, also to the pauses following the 

 explosive tones. 



No. 172. "Little Plover" (Catalogue No. 281) 



Sung by Odjib'we 

 Voice J — 160 



Drum J — 96 



(Drum-rhythm similar to No. 19) 



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Dji - tcis - ki - wen 



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kai yo we ni 



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kai yo we ni kai yo we ni kai yo we ni 



WORDS 



djitcis^kiwen^ little plover, it is said 



gi^bimuse^ ' has walked by 



Analysis. — The singer stated that in this dance the men frequently 

 imitated the motions of the plover, when singing this song. ^ The 

 melody, which is short, consists of two distinct parts, the fu-st in 

 double, the second in triple, time ; the former contains five measures 

 and the latter four measures. Each part of the song has its own 

 rhythm and tone material, the first containing the descending fifth 

 from the dominant to the tonic, and the second the descending fourth 

 from the tonic to the dominant to the lower octave. It is interesting 

 to note in connection with the statement of Gardiner (quoted on p. 7) 

 that the note of the plover is a descending minor third, that 38 per 

 cent of the intervals are descending minor thirds. 



The song contains only two upward progressions; two other songs 

 having similar characteristics are Nos. 6 and 38 in Bulletin 45. The 

 nine renditions of this song recorded show no variation. 



1 The second syllable of this word was omitted by the singer. 



2 See pp. 101,201, 203. 



