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MELODIC ANALYSIS—continued 
TABLE 13.—AVERAGE NUMBER OF SEMITONES IN AN INTERVAL 
Sioux Compar- Manda: 
; Old | ativel ae 
Chippewa] _ S°D8s : Y | Ute and 
songs jee ae pe node songs | Hidatsa | Total 
Chippewa songs songs 
Numberiofsongss.-ste22es- enc 340 20 147 93 110 110 820 
Nun_ber of intervals............ 8, 286 544 4,445 2, 880 3, 113 2,771 22,039 
Number of semitones........... 25, 791 1, 592 12, 864 8, 558 9,777 9, 080 67, 662 
Average number of semitones in 
AWINteKValy-.= mo ee et eee 3.1 2.93 2. 89 2.97 3.14 3.27 3.07 
RHYTHMIC ANALYSIS 
TABLE 14.—PART OF MEASURE ON WHICH SONG BEGINS 
= Mandan 
. Sioux songs 
Chippewa . and 
recorded by | Siouxsongs| Ute songs * Total 
songs f Hidatsa 
Chippewa songs 
Num-| Per |Num-| Per |Num-| Per |Num-) Per |Num-| Per |Num-| Per 
ber | cent | ber | cent | ber | cent} ber | cent] ber | cent | ber | cent 
Beginning on unaccented 
part of measure. ......... 109 87 12 60 96 40 25 23 47 43) 289 87 
Beginning on accented part 
Of measure - 255 oe. seeerae 189 63 8 40 | 144 60 85 76 63 57 | 489 63 
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Total es; eee ee 340 os. 52 7. Vi ae Se Os esss ELL) [Pecos DIO: eee 820) | 22 sess 
TABLE 15—RHYTHM (METER) OF FIRST MEASURE 
eee eee 
F Mandan 
seven ig recorded by Sioux songs} Ute songs LES Total 
ee songs 
Num-| Per |Num-|} Per |Num-| Per |Num-| Per |Num-| Per |Num-| Per 
ber | cent | ber | cent | ber | cent | ber | cent} ber | cent | ber | cent 
First measure in— 
2-ATIMNG ect ve eke aes 149 50 9 45 | 142 59 68 62 61 55 | 429 56 
3-Stimel....i- eee eee 120 40 6 30 94 39 39 35 47 43 | 305 89 
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ee Gb tts yeh eaee ae ee 9 3 4 20) |\.c22 25 Snaseelesoree| senses | Feaeeelas sees 13 1 
6-4 time. - . ae |e RS Bees CSecers OSES Serco Geese Peano mSranc memcee i en 
7-4time....... 2 DN oa ciSe law atts eee ees em oe eee ae ee teeed oe ee [oie meee ee sees Dest 
3-Sibime-! -i 52 sen en 4 Bose Sal dem esl tetera Meco ee ws nc see Seal aes ore | eee A eines 
4-Stime i. eke Fo aaa ee leneoae Ree oes aoe eee 3 1 2 O5)| 23 one LT hee 
5-8 time. . . Lessee Bie a 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 Golan 
VS bMS Bas coo! scan Slee bee leew ae Sisecee teeecias | eee ae een eee a ee 1 1 je eens, 
PANINI GS 2% ole eta ata Qbleasseelaae<coleeenaeleoneaale esece| Soames seasine| os sce) sane 71 eee 
Transcribed in outline 1... _. BQN tel. oon cpa fee sects ee ae eee eee Soe eee Perse lige C216 See 
S40", 2oo5. AO. Seow 240 ences TIO} cece HOS cosee 820) eons 
| 4 Excluded in computing percentage. 
