SPECIAL SIGNS 

 WOMEN 



XXVII 



SissETON Reservation (men) 



Holy-Face Bear . 



Blue Cloud 



Little Conjuror.. 

 Moses Renville. . 

 Twin 



Mato^-ite^-wakag 



Mahpi^ya-to 



Wakag^-cika'na 



Cekpa^ 



1 Sang with her husband, Kills-at-Night. 

 Total number of songs, 240. Total number of singers, 40. 



Special Signs Used in Transcriptions of Songs 



I I placed above the music indicates that the tones 



included within the bracket constitute a rhythmic unit. 



-f placed above a note indicates that the tone is sung slightly less 

 than a semitone higher than the diatonic pitch. 



— placed above a note indicates that the tone is sung slightly less 

 than a semitone lower than the diatonic pitch. 



C- placed above a note indicates that the tone is prolonged slightly 

 beyond the note value. 



placed above a note indicates that the tone is given less than 

 the note value. 



Meaningless syllables are italicized. 



Where no words are beneath the notes it is understood that mean- 

 ingless syllables were used, except in songs whose words were sung 

 too indistinctly for transcription, such instances being mentioned in 

 the analysis. 



