DENSMoRE] MANDAN AND HIDATSA MUSIC 79 
No. 29. Song of the Swan (Catalogue No, 831) 
VOICE d = 88 
Drum not recorded 
(1) 
Analysis —The changes of time in this song, though slight, were 
identical in its three renditions. Two rhythmic units occur, each 
appearing three times. The singer had difficulty in repeating a tone 
several times without lowering the pitch, a peculiarity often noted 
among Indian singers. The tones in this melody are those of the 
fourth five-toned scale and the song is melodic in structure. Twenty- 
eight progressions occur, 14 being ascending and 14 descending in- 
tervals, 
