DENSMORE] MANDAN AND HIDATSA MUSIC 141 
No. 72. Buffalo Society Dancing Song 
(Catalogue No. 849) 
Recorded by BEAR-ON-THE-FLAT 
VOICE d - 84 
Drum not recorded 
Analysis.—This song comprises four periods, the first, second, and 
fourth being repetitions of the rhythmic unit, though slightly 
changed in the sixth measure. More than half 
the progressions are fourths (cf. No. 95). In 
this, as in the two songs next preceding, the 
sixth and seventh tones of the octave are 
omitted, but this song is minor and the other = "1%. °-_Plot of song 
songs are major in tonality. iene 
The progressions in this song, without reference to the time values 
of the tones, are shown in figure 5, the horizontal lines indicating 
scale degrees. A similar diagram is shown with analysis of song 
No. 92. 
2118°—23——11 
