DENSMORP] MANDAN AND HIDATSA MUSIC 45 
tones. The largest interval is an ascending minor sixth. The small 
intervals comprise 7 major thirds, 17 minor thirds, and 19 major 
seconds. It is interesting, though not unusual, to note the fre- 
quency of the minor third in a song of major tonality. The 
rhythmic unit is short and repeated throughout the song. In this 
instance the entire measure length is indicated as the metric unit, 
the voice dividing this period of time into three and the drum into 
two parts. Drum and voice were synchronous on the first count of 
each measure. 
The following song was sung by the Corn Priest alone, while the 
women were in a trance and the water birds were coming from their 
mouths. This is one of the “sacred songs” of the society, and in 
it the “ power that is in the Goose Women ” is speaking. 
No. 4. Song of the Corn Priest (Catalogue No. 812) 
Recorded by ScATTERED CORN 
VOICE d = 108 
Drum not recordea 
2118°—23—_5 
