DENSMoRE] MANDAN AND HIDATSA MUSIC 125 
No. 55. Fox Society Serenade (Catalogue No. 871) 
Recorded by Sirrine RABBIT 
VOICE d = 4100 
DRUM d = 58 
Drum-rhythm similar to No. 37 
Analysis—The words of this song (not transcribed) were the 
same as those of No. 58. Duplication of words appears much more 
frequently in this material than in the songs recorded among other 
tribes. Several renditions of this song were recorded and show no 
differences. The intonation was good throughout the series. Except 
for two intervals of a third, all the progressions are major seconds 
and fourths, the latter constituting almost one-third of the entire 
number. The final tone is approached by an ascending fourth, which 
is unusual in the present series. In tonality the song is major, the 
melody tones being those of the major triad and second. 
2118°—23——10 
